beschämt

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bəˈʃɛːmt/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /bəˈʃeːmt/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧schämt

Participle

beschämt

  1. past participle of beschämen

Adjective

beschämt (strong nominative masculine singular beschämter, comparative beschämter, superlative am beschämtesten)

  1. ashamed

Usage notes

It is more common to use the verb "(sich) schämen" (to shame oneself) instead of this adjective. (Ich schäme mich. ("I shame myself.") instead of "Ich bin beschämt." ("I am ashamed."). The latter may sound outdated or posh.

Declension

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