Schaum

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Schaum.

Proper noun edit

Schaum (plural Schaums)

A surname from German.

Statistics edit

According to the 2010 United States Census, Schaum is the 34272^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 662 individuals. Schaum is most common among White (95.47%) individuals.

Further reading edit

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schaum”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams edit

Muchas, as much, cumsha, cushma, much as, shumac, sumach

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German schūm, from Old High German scūm, from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz. Cognate to English scum.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʃaʊ̯m/
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Hyphenation: Schaum
Rhymes: -aʊ̯m

Noun edit

Schaum m (strong, genitive Schaumes or Schaums, plural Schäume)

foam, lather, froth

Declension edit

Declension of Schaum [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schaum	die	Schäume
genitive	eines	des	Schaumes, Schaums	der	Schäume
dative	einem	dem	Schaum, Schaume¹	den	Schäumen
accusative	einen	den	Schaum	die	Schäume

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

“Schaum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Schaum” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Schaum” in Duden online
Schaum on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʃaʊ̯m/

Noun edit

Schaum m (plural Scheim)

foam, froth

Derived terms edit

schaumich

Further reading edit

Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Luxembourgish edit

Etymology edit

From Old High German scūm, from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz. Cognate with German Schaum, Dutch schuim, English scum.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʃæːʊ̯m/
Rhymes: -æːʊm

Noun edit

Schaum m (uncountable)

foam, lather

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