schade

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See also: Schade and sčhadê

Alemannic German

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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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

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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schade f (uncountable)

  1. damage, detrimental effect
    voorkom schade door alcohol bij uw opgroeiende kindprevent damage from alcohol in your growing child
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Negerhollands: skaade, schad, skaede

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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schade f (plural schaden)

  1. (dialectal, possibly obsolete) Alternative form of schaduw (shadow)

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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schade

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

German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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Adjective

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schade (indeclinable, 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 [with zu (+ infinitive) ‘doing 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 für's Kloputzen nicht zu schade.
    I don’t consider myself too good for cleaning the loo.
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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schade

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

Further reading

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  • schade” in Duden online
  • schade” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle Dutch

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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schāde m or f

  1. A damage, injury, loss.
  2. A harm, suffering.
  3. A shame, pity (something regrettable).
Inflection
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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schāde m or f or n

  1. shadow, shade
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Further reading

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English sċeadu. Compare schadowe, from sċeaduwe, the accusative form of sċeadu.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃad(ə)/, /ʃaːd(ə)/

Noun

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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.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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schade

  1. Alternative form of sched