Schaum
German, noun/ʃaʊ̯m/
Schaum is spelled S-C-H-A-U-M (6 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 15,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schaum is a German masculine noun meaning “foam, lather, froth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gasbläschen, die von flüssigen Wänden eingeschlossen sind”.
What does Schaum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefoam, lather, froth
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gasbläschen, die von flüssigen Wänden eingeschlossen sind 2. Gasbläschen, die von festen Wänden eingeschlossen sind 3. steif geschlagene Masse 4. unrealistische Vorstellungen, die sich auch schnell verflüchtigen
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 Schaum
- Schaumes genitive
- Schaums genitive
- Schäume plural
- Schaume dative singular
- Schäumen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schaum?
- /ʃaʊ̯m/
- [ʃaʊ̯m]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schaum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schaum in German?
Schaum appears 3.5 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).