schäumen

Meaning

  1. (weak) to froth, to foam
  2. (weak) to fume (to feel or express great anger)

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schuume

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃɔɪ̯.mən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German schoumen, schemen, schūmen, from Old High German scūmen, skūmen, from Proto-West Germanic *skūmijan (“to foam, froth”), from Proto-West Germanic *skūm (“foam”). Cognate with German Low German schumen, Dutch schuimen, English scum.

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