schuimen

Bedeutung

1. (intransitive) to foam, to produce foam
2. (intransitive,transitive) to remove foam
3. (figuratively,intransitive,transitive) to remove impurities from something
4. (dated,intransitive,transitive) to plunder, to rob
5. (intransitive,transitive,uncommon) to rummage, to scour
6. (broadly,intransitive) to wander, to roam

Mit Bindestrich als

schui‧men

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈsxœy̯.mə(n)/

Etymologie

From Middle Dutch schumen, from Old Dutch *scūmen, *skūmen, from Proto-West Germanic *skūmijan (“to foam, froth”), from Proto-West Germanic *skūm (“foam”). Equivalent to schuim (“foam”) + -en.