Noun: avskum
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | avskum |
| Sg. Def. | avskummet |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | avskums |
| Sg. Def. | avskummets |
Sample Sentences
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De är avskum (They are scum)
Nouns inflected like avskum
sjöskum,
hjärterum,
bröstsim,
självberöm,
fjärilsim,
fittslem,
svängrum,
armbågsrum,
beröm,
kattsim,
konstsim,
ryggsim,
hundsim,
avskum,
frisim,
husrum,
rådrum,
torrsim,
spelrum,
flum, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Likely from av (“off”) + skum, as in "that which has been skimmed off". Cognate of Danish afskum, German Abschaum. See: German Nouns '
Abschaum'.
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