beschämt
German edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /bəˈʃɛːmt/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /bəˈʃeːmt/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧schämt
Participle edit
beschämt
Adjective edit
beschämt (strong nominative masculine singular beschämter, comparative beschämter, superlative am beschämtesten)
Usage notes edit
It is more common to use the verb "(sich) schämen" (to shame oneself) instead of this adjective. (Ich schäme mich. ("I shame myself.") instead of "Ich bin beschämt." ("I am ashamed."). The latter may sound outdated or posh.
Declension edit
Positive forms of beschämt
Comparative forms of beschämt
Superlative forms of beschämt
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Further reading edit
- “beschämt” in Duden online