schaumige

Schaumige is a German adjective form meaning foamy or frothy. It describes substances whose surface or texture contains foam or forms bubbles. The form schaumige is used attributively before feminine singular nouns and before plural nouns; for example: eine schaumige Creme, schaumige Getränke, die schaumigen Cremes. The base adjective is schaumig, derived from Schaum (foam) with the typical -ig suffix.

In usage, schaumige can describe foods and drinks (such as foamy cappuccinos or foam-trot sauces), cosmetics (foamy creams or cleansers), or scientific contexts (foamy emulsions, foams in chemistry). In English, the closest equivalents are foamy or frothy. The term is common in product descriptions, recipes, and labeling, and it can carry a positive connotation when the foam is desirable, or a neutral tone when describing texture.

Grammar notes: Like other German adjectives, schaumige takes inflection based on the determiner and case. With definite articles you encounter forms such as die schaumige Creme or die schaumigen Cremes; with indefinite articles you see eine schaumige Creme. In plural compounds or noun phrases without a determiner, it appears as schaumige Cremes or schaumige Getränke, depending on gender and number.

See also: Schaum; Schaumig.