Bad
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German bat, from Old High German bad, from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą. Related to bähen.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /baːt/ (prescriptive standard; especially southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /bat/ (variant in northern and central Germany; predominant in compounds and placenames; but inflected forms with a long vowel)
- Rhymes: -aːt, -at
Audio (Austria) (file) Audio (file) - Homophone: Bart (some speakers)
Noun[edit]
Bad n (strong, genitive Bades or Bads, plural Bäder)
- bath
- ein Bad nehmen ― to take a bath
- bathroom
- Synonym: Badezimmer
- Wo ist das Bad? ― Where is the bathroom?
- pool, baths
- Synonyms: Badeanstalt, Schwimmbad
- (destination) spa; (health) resort
Declension[edit]
Declension of Bad [neuter, strong]
Hyponyms[edit]
- (bath): Abschreckbad (quenching bath), Ätzbad (etching bath), Alkoholbad (alcohol bath), Augenbad (eye bath), Fixierbad (fixing bath), Heilbad, Kräuterbad (herbal bath), Salzbad (salt bath), Sonnenbad (sun bath), Vollbad (full bath)
- (baths): Schwimmbad (public swimming pool), Freibad, Hallenbad, Strandbad, Volksbad, proper nouns like: “Prinzenbad”
- (spa): Alpenseebad (alpine lake spa)
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- Badeanzug (bathing suit, swim suit)
- Badeente (rubber duck)
- Badegast (bather)
- Badegewässer (bathing water)
- Badehaube (bathing cap)
- Badehaus (baths)
- Badehose (bathing trunks)
- Badekappe (bathing cap)
- Badelaken (bath sheet)
- Badelatschen (flip-flops)
- Bademantel (bathrobe)
- Badematte (bathmat)
- Bademeister (bath attendant)
- Bademütze (bathing cap)
- Badesaison (swimming season)
- Badesalz (bath salts)
- Badeschwamm (bath sponge)
- Badesee (bathing lake)
- Badeseife (bath soap)
- Badestrand (beach)
- Badetuch (bath towel)
- Badewärter (lifeguard)
- Badewanne (bathtub)
- Badewasser (bathwater)
- Badezeug (swimming gear)
- Freibad
- Sandbad
- Strandbad
- baden (to bathe, to swim)
- Bader (archaic: barber, bone-setter)
- das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten
See also[edit]
- (bath): Dusche (shower), Wäsche (washing)
- (bathroom): Toilette, WC
- (baths): Schwimmhalle, Swimmingpool, Schwimmbecken, Planschbecken
Further reading[edit]
- “Bad” in Duden online
- “Bad” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Bad” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Luxembourgish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old High German bad, from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Bad n (plural Bieder)
Related terms[edit]
Plautdietsch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German bedde, from Old Saxon bed, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją (“plot; grave; resting place; bed”). Cognate with Dutch bed, German Bett, English bed, Swedish bädd.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Bad n (plural Baden)
- bed (place for sleeping)
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- pdt:Furniture
- pdt:Sleep