fremdschämen

== German == === Etymology === From Fremdscham +‎ -en. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfʁɛmtˌʃɛːmən/, [-mən], [-mn̩] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland) IPA(key): /-ˌʃeːmən/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) Hyphenation: fremd‧schä‧men === Verb === fremdschämen (irregular weak, third-person singular present fremdschämt, past tense fremdschämte, past participle fremdgeschämt, auxiliary haben) or fremdschämen (weak, third-person singular present schämt fremd, past tense schämte fremd, past participle fremdgeschämt, auxiliary haben) (reflexive, informal) to feel secondhand embarrassment; to feel ashamed about something someone else has done; to be embarrassed because someone else has embarrassed themselves (and doesn't notice); to cringe ==== Conjugation ==== or ==== Derived terms ==== Fremdschämpotenzial ==== Related terms ==== Fremdscham === Further reading === “fremdschämen” in Duden online “fremdschämen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “fremdschämen”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–