skämmas
Swedish
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Etymology
editDerived from skämma (“to spoil; to bring shame on; to dishonor”) and skam (“shame”). Identical to Danish skæmmes and Norwegian skjemmes.
Verb
editskämmas (present skäms, preterite skämdes, supine skämts, imperative skäms)
- (deponent) to feel shame (about something); to be ashamed, to be embarrassed
- De borde skämmas för vad de gjort
- They ought to be ashamed of [feel shame for] what they've done
- Han skämdes för sin bakgrund/utseende
- He was ashamed of his background/appearance
- Skäms du inte?
- Aren't you ashamed? / Don't you feel ashamed of yourself?
- Det är inget att skämmas för
- It's nothing to be ashamed of
- passive infinitive of skämma
Conjugation
editConjugation of skämmas (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | — | skämmas | ||
| Supine | — | skämts | ||
| Imperative | — | skäms | ||
| Imper. plural1 | — | skämmens | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | — | — | skäms, skämmes | skämdes |
| Ind. plural1 | — | — | skämmas | skämdes |
| Subjunctive2 | — | — | skämmes | skämdes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | skämmandes | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||