schade

See also: Schade and sčhadê

English

Noun

schade (plural schades)

1. (obsolete) shade; shadow

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for schade in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• cashed, chased

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Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German schaden, from Old High German scadōn, 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.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsxaː.də/

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

schade f (uncountable)

1. damage

   voorkom alcoholschade bij uw opgroeiende kind ― prevent damage from alcohol in your maturing child

Derived terms

• beschadigen
• schadelijk
• schadevergoeding

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

schade

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of schaden

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːdə/
• Rhymes: -aːdə

Etymology 1

From Schade, the obsolete nominative singular of Schaden (“damage”). The sense “too good to waste” 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 (predicative only)

1. a pity; 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 a pity that he couldn’t make it.

2. (usually with zu) too good to waste

   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 for cleaning the loo.

Related terms

• Schaden

See also

• Mitleid
• Scham f

Etymology 2

Verb

schade

1. First-person singular present of schaden.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of schaden.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of schaden.
4. Imperative singular of schaden.

Further reading

• schade in Duden online

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Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch skatho, from Proto-Germanic *skaþô.

Noun

schāde m or f

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: schade
• Limburgish: sjaaj

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch skado, from Proto-Germanic *skadwaz.

Noun

schāde m or f or n

1. shadow, shade

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: schaduw

Further reading

• “scade (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “scade (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “schade (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
• “schade (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• shade, scæde, ssade, ssed, shadde

Etymology

From Old English sċeadu, from Proto-Germanic *skadwaz. Compare schadowe, from sċeaduwe, the accusative form of sċeadu. .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃad(ə)/, /ʃaːd(ə)/

Noun

schade (plural schades)

1. A shadow or a similar effect.
2. A shade or darkening.
3. Darkness, absence of light
4. Reflections present in water.

Related terms

• nyȝtschade

Descendants

• English: shade
• Scots: shade

References

• “shā̆de (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-23.