Neuter
schuim
Meaning
- (neuter, uncountable) foam, froth
- (neuter, uncountable) a type of spongy sweets, made of albumen and sugar (as a countable object always diminutive)
- (neuter, uncountable) scum, rabble, crooks
- (neuter, uncountable) impurity, flaw, especially in (molten) metal
Concepts
Synonyms
zeepsop
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sxœy̯m/
Etymology
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.
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