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skam.

shame (feeling)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/skamː/

  1. shame (feeling)

    common-gender
    När man skäms så känner man skam
    djup skam

  2. shame (disgrace)

    common-gender
    dra skam över familjen

  3. a disgrace (something shameful)

    common-gender
    Du är en skam för byn

  4. (great) shame, (great) pity (a regrettable thing, often morally (or hyperbolically as if morally regrettable))

    common-gender
    Det är synd och skam att en så fin tavla göms undan i källaren
    Att fler inte provat Nisses kebabsås på grund av dålig marknadsföring är synd och skam
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish skam, from Old Norse skǫmm, from Proto-Germanic *skamō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.

name/skamː/

  1. the Devil

    common-gender · euphemistic
Where this word comes from

A noa-name for the Devil.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.