schuim

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (neuter, uncountable) foam, froth
2. (neuter, uncountable) a type of spongy sweets, made of albumen and sugar (as a countable object always diminutive)
3. (neuter, uncountable) scum, rabble, crooks
4. (neuter, uncountable) impurity, flaw, especially in (molten) metal

Sinonieme

zeepsop

sop

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/sxœy̯m/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: schuum

Geërf van Old Dutch: *skūm

Verwante met Duits: Schaum

Verwante met Engels: scum

In summary

From Middle Dutch schuum, schum, scum, from Old Dutch *skūm, from Frankish *skūm, from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz. Cognate with German Schaum, English scum.