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skämmas

be (feel) ashamedAlso the passive of skämma.

Meaning

be (feel) ashamed

In Swedish: känna sig skamsen

Conjugation

Conjugation of skämmas (be)
Infinitive	att skämmas	to be
Present	skäms	jag skäms
Past	skämdes	jag skämdes
Supine	skämts	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skämts	jag har skämts
Past perfect	hade skämts	jag hade skämts
Future	ska skämmas	or: kommer att skämmas
Conditional	skulle skämmas	jag skulle skämmas
Imperative	skäms!	a command

skämmas is a deponent verb: it ends in -s in every form but has an active meaning, so it has no separate passive. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use skäms. See the four verb groups explained.

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What does skämmas mean?

skämmas in a sentence

När man skäms så känner man skam
When you are ashamed, you feel shame
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 of yourself?
Det är inget att skämmas för
It's nothing to be ashamed of

Expressions

fy skäms!
shame on you!

Questions

What does skämmas mean in English?

skämmas means “be (feel) ashamed”.

What is the past tense of skämmas?

The past tense of skämmas is skämdes (“jag skämdes”). The supine is skämts, used in “jag har skämts”.

What is the present tense of skämmas?

skäms, the same for every person: jag skäms, du skäms, vi skäms.

Origin

Derived from skämma (“to spoil; to bring shame on; to dishonor”) and skam (“shame”).

Nearby common words

skämmas is number 2,871 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,867stämning feeling, mood
2,868befälhavare a commander, a person being in command (on a ship, in the military)
2,869framgångsrik successful, obstical
2,870förhoppningsvis hopefully
2,872intelligent intelligent, clever
2,873jägare hunter
2,874ovanlig unusual
2,875mynt coin

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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