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die Scham

/ʃaːm/ noun · feminine B2
  1. shame (uncomfortable feeling at one's own impropriety or at the exposure of something private; but not in the sense of disgrace or being dishonored, for which Schande)
  2. bashfulness, prudishness, shamefacedness
  3. pubic region including the genitals (dated) · Schamhaar pubic hair
  4. vulva (dated)

Genitive der Scham

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Noun forms

Singular
Nominativedie Scham
Accusativedie Scham
Dativeder Scham
Genitiveder Scham

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