Swedish interjection· top 5,000 most common

skäms

shame on you (you should be ashamed of yourself)Also the passive of skämma, the present tense of skämmas and the passive of skrämmas.

Meaning

shame on you (you should be ashamed of yourself)

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What does skäms mean in English?

skäms means “shame on you (you should be ashamed of yourself)”.

Nearby common words

skäms is number 2,232 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,228post mail, post
2,229känn hunch, intuition, "feel"
2,230morsa to greet
2,231spruta spray, spurt
2,233värde value, worth
2,234arbetad worked, processed, wrought
2,235fet fat, greasy
2,236läpp lip

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