skumme

Danish

Etymology

From the noun skum

Verb

skumme (imperative skum, present tense skummer, passive skummes, simple past and past participle skumme or skummet, present participle skummende)

1. to foam, froth
2. to lather (soap)
3. to skim (e.g. cream)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the noun skum

Verb

skumme (imperative skum, present tense skummer, passive skummes, simple past and past participle skumma or skummet, present participle skummende)

1. to foam, froth
2. to lather (soap)
3. to skim (e.g. cream; when reading)

References

• “skumme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “skumme” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the noun skum

Verb

skumme (present tense skummar, past tense skumma, past participle skumma, passive infinitive skummast, present participle skummande, imperative skum)

1. to foam, froth
2. to lather (soap)
3. to skim (e.g. cream; when reading)

Alternative forms

• skumma

References

• “skumme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Adjective

skumme

1. (deprecated template usage) definite natural masculine singular of skum