schuimen
- (intransitive) to foam, to produce foam
- (intransitive, transitive) to remove foam
- (figuratively, intransitive, transitive) to remove impurities from something
- (dated, intransitive, transitive) to plunder, to rob
- (intransitive, transitive, uncommon) to rummage, to scour
- (broadly, intransitive) to wander, to roam
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsxœy̯.mə(n)/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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