schäme

See also: schame

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• schämä, schäma

Etymology

From Middle High German schamen, schemen, from Old High German scamēn, from Proto-Germanic *skamāną (“to be ashamed”), equivalent to Scham (“shame”) +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃæmə/

Verb

schäme (third-person singular simple present schämt, past participle gschämt, auxiliary haa)

1. (reflexive) to be ashamed
   • 1903, Robert Walser, Der Teich:

     So ne große Kärli! Söt sich schäme.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

schäme

1. inflection of schämen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative