Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett avskum

scum, dregs

Meaning

scum, dregs

In Swedish: slödder, pack

Forms

Forms of avskum
Singular, indefinite	ett avskum
Singular, definite	avskummet

avskum is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort avskum, det stora avskummet. Check another noun

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avskum in a sentence

Ditt avskum!
You scoundrel!
De är avskum
They are scum

Questions

What does avskum mean in English?

avskum means “scum, dregs”.

Is it en avskum or ett avskum?

It is ett avskum, and “the scum” is avskummet.

Origin

Likely from av (“off”) + skum, as in "that which has been skimmed off".

Nearby common words

avskum is number 4,748 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,744honung honey
4,745vålnad ghost
4,746jämnt smooth, always
4,747ambition ambition
4,749knocka knock out
4,750server server
4,751avsked leave-taking, discharge
4,752episod incident, episode

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary