schuimen

  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

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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