schade

See also: Schade and sčhadê

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German schaden, from Old High German scadōn, from Proto-West Germanic *skaþōn, from Proto-Germanic *skaþōną. Cognate with German schaden, English scathe, Icelandic skaða.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑdə/

Verb

schade (third-person singular simple present schadt, past participle gschadt, past subjunctive schadti, auxiliary haa)

1. To harm, hurt, damage.
   • 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:

     Ufrichtigkeit cha gwüß nüt schade.

     Sincerity certainly can't hurt.

   • 1978, Rolf Lyssy & Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher, (transcript):

     Chömmer halt e chli früner. Schadet a nüt.

     Then we'll arrive a little earlier. It won't do any harm.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsxaː.də/

• Audio (Belgium):

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• Audio (Netherlands):

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• Hyphenation: scha‧de
• Rhymes: -aːdə

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch schāde, from Old Dutch skatho, from Proto-West Germanic *skaþō, from Proto-Germanic *skaþô.

Noun

schade f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. damage, detrimental effect

   voorkom schade door alcohol bij uw opgroeiende kind ― prevent damage from alcohol in your growing child

Derived terms

• aardbevingsschade
• beschadigen
• blikschade
• brandschade
• gebruiksschade
• gehoorschade
• hagelschade
• hersenschade
• oorlogsschade
• planschade
• schadebedrag
• schadeclaim
• schadeformulier
• schadegeval
• schadelijk
• schaden
• schaderegeling
• schadevergoeding
• stormschade
• waterschade
• windschade

Descendants

• Negerhollands: skaade, schad, skaede

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch scade, from Old Dutch skado, from Proto-West Germanic *skadu.

Noun

schade f (plural schaden, no diminutive)

1. (dialectal, possibly obsolete) alternative form of schaduw (“shadow”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

schade

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of schaden

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːdə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -aːdə

Etymology 1

From Schade, the obsolete nominative singular of Schaden (“damage”). The sense “too good” from a conditional construction es wäre zu schade … (“it would be a pity to …”), but now usually construed with an indicative verb.

Alternative forms

• schad (colloquial)

Adjective

schade (indeclinable, predicative only)

1. a pity, a shame; bummer; unfortunate; disappointing

   Schade!

   What a pity!

   Das ist aber schade!

   That’s such a pity!

   Es ist zu schade, dass er nicht kommen konnte.

   It’s such a pity that he couldn’t make it.

2. (usually with zu) too good [with für ‘for something’; or with zu (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]

   Meine neuen Schuhe sind zu schade, um damit durch den Wald zu laufen.

   My new shoes are too good to wear them for a walk through the forest.

   Ich bin mir fürs Kloputzen nicht zu schade.

   I don’t consider myself too good to clean the loo.

Related terms

• Schaden

See also

• Mitleid
• Scham f

Etymology 2

Verb

schade

1. inflection of schaden:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Further reading

• “schade” in Duden online
• “schade”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch skatho, from Proto-West Germanic *skaþō.

Noun

schāde m or f

2. A damage, injury, loss.
3. A harm, suffering.
4. A shame, pity (something regrettable).

Inflection

Weak masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	schāde	schāden
accusative	schāde	schāden
genitive	schāden	schāden
dative	schāde	schāden

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	schāde	schāden
accusative	schāde	schāden
genitive	schāde, schāden	schāden
dative	schāde, schāden	schāden

Descendants

• Dutch: schade
  • Afrikaans: skade
• Limburgish: sjaaj

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch skado, from Proto-West Germanic *skadu.

Noun

schāde m or f or n

2. shadow, shade

Inflection

Weak masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	schāde	schāden
accusative	schāde	schāden
genitive	schāden	schāden
dative	schāde	schāden

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	schāde	schāden
accusative	schāde	schāden
genitive	schāde, schāden	schāden
dative	schāde, schāden	schāden

Descendants

• Dutch: schaduw

Further reading

• “scade (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “scade (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “schade (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “schade (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English sċeadu, from Proto-West Germanic *skadu, from Proto-Germanic *skaduz; compare schadwe (from sċeaduwe, the accusative form of sċeadu).

Kentish Middle English ssed and forms with short vowels presumably continue Old English sċead n, though the latter could reflect levelling from schadwe.

Alternative forms

• shad, shadde, shade
• scæde (Early Middle English)
• ssade (Southwest Midland); ssed (Kent)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːd(ə)/, /ʃad/

Noun

schade (plural schades)

1. A shadow; a dark image formed by blocking light.
   • 15th century, James I of Scotland, The Kingis Quair:

     walking in the schade

     walking in the shade

2. A shade; the darkened region cast by a shadow.
3. (rare) Reflections present in water.
4. (rare, by extension) Darkness; absence of light.

Derived terms

• schaden

Related terms

• nyȝtschade

Descendants

• English: shade
  • → Portuguese: shade
  • → Middle Scots: schad, schade
    • Scots: shade
• Yola: shaade

References

• “shā̆de, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 March 2018.

Etymology 2

Noun

schade

1. alternative form of sched