Abschaum
German, noun/ˈapʃaʊ̯m/
Abschaum is spelled A-B-S-C-H-A-U-M (8 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written German, the 12,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abschaum is a German masculine noun meaning “dregs, scum (the worst and lowest)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “beim Kochen entstehender Schaum auf der Oberfläche von Flüssigkeiten, der mit einem Schaumlöffel entfernt wird”.
What does Abschaum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedregs, scum (the worst and lowest)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. beim Kochen entstehender Schaum auf der Oberfläche von Flüssigkeiten, der mit einem Schaumlöffel entfernt wird 2. besonders moralisch minderwertiger, verachtenswerter Mensch
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Abschaum
- Abschaumes genitive
- Abschaums genitive
- Abschaume dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Abschaum?
- /ˈapʃaʊ̯m/
- [ˈapˌʃaʊ̯m]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Abschaum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Abschaum in German?
Abschaum appears 4.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).