schämen.
to be ashamed or (less often) embarrassed, bashful
Meaning & usage
to be ashamed or (less often) embarrassed, bashful
Du solltest dich schämen.
Sie ist stolz auf ihre ausländischen Wurzeln und schämt sich nicht dafür / schämt sich ihrer nicht.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German schamen, schemen, from Old High German scamēn, from Proto-West Germanic *skamēn, from Proto-Germanic *skamāną (“to be ashamed”), equivalent to Scham (shame) + -en.
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