Swedish adjective · noun· top 5,000 most common

skum

murky, dark, shady, suspicious, fishy; disreputable

skum as an adjective

Meaning

murky; dark; shady, suspicious, fishy; disreputable

In Swedish: dåligt upplyst, mörk

Forms

Forms of skum
Basic form	skum	with en-words
Neuter	skumt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	skumma	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	skummare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	skummast	“-est”, “most …”

skum as a noun(ett skum)

Meaning

spray; foam; froth; lather

In Swedish: vit massa av små bubblor på ytan av en vätska, lödder

Forms

Forms of skum
Singular, indefinite	ett skum
Singular, definite	skummet
Plural, indefinite	skum
Plural, definite	skummen

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

Practise skum

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What does skum mean?

skum in a sentence

skum belysning
poor illumination
skumma affärer
shady business
ett sunkhak med skum belysning
a dive bar with dim lighting
Vara inblandad i skumma affärer
Be mixed up in shady business
några skumma typer
some shady characters
Vilket skumt resonemang
What a strange line of reasoning
Jag såg en skum man i affären igår
I saw a strange man at the store yesterday

Questions

What does skum mean in English?

skum means “murky, dark”.

Is it en skum or ett skum?

It is ett skum, and “the spray” is skummet.

What is the plural of skum?

skum doesn't change in the plural: ett skum, två skum (definite: skummen).

Similar words

lödderunderligdunkelkonstigsuspekt

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish skum, from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz.

Nearby common words

skum is number 2,023 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,018legat lain
2,019bråk row, trouble
2,020rörd moved
2,022vind wind, attic
2,024storlek size
2,025myndighet majority, authority
2,026rike country, state
2,027knapp button

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