skum

English

Noun

skum

1. Obsolete form of scum (“surface impurities”).
   • 1825, William Kitchiner, The Cook's Oracle

     […] by keeping the Water a certain time heating without boiling — the Meat swells — becomes tender — its fibres are dilated — and it yields a quantity of Skum, which must be taken off as soon as it appears.

Verb

skum (third-person singular simple present skums, present participle skumming, simple past and past participle skummed)

1. Obsolete form of scum (“remove surface impurities”).
   • Holland

     Note by the way, that if honey be despumed, that is to say, skummed and clarified, it is evermore the better for any use.

Anagrams

• musk

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Danish

Noun

skum

1. foam, froth

Declension

Declension of skum

neuter gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	skum	skummet
genitive	skums	skummets

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Compare with German Schaum

Noun

skum n (definite singular skummet, uncountable)

1. foam, froth
2. (from soap, shampoo) lather

Derived terms

• barberskum
• skumgummi
• skumme

Etymology 2

Verb

skum

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of skumme

References

• “skum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skʊmː/

Noun

skum n (definite singular skummet, uncountable)

1. foam, froth
2. (from soap, shampoo) lather

Derived terms

• barberskum
• skumgummi
• skumme

References

• “skum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Adjective

skum (comparative skummare, superlative skummast)

1. dark, not illuminated
2. dodgy, shady; which cannot stand being made public; immoral or possibly even illegal or performing illegal actions

Declension

Inflection of skum
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	skum	skummare	skummast
Neuter singular	skumt	skummare	skummast
Plural	skumma	skummare	skummast
Masculine plural3	skumme	skummare	skummast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	skumme	skummare	skummaste
All	skumma	skummare	skummaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Synonyms

• (dark): mörk, oupplyst

Noun

skum n

1. head (foam on carbonated beverages)
2. froth, foam

Declension

Declension of skum
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skum	skummet	skum	skummen
Genitive	skums	skummets	skums	skummens