schade

See also: Schade

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Alemannic German

Etymology

Middle High German schaden, from Old High German scadōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑdə/

Verb

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

1. to harm, damage
   • 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsxaː.də/

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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

Verb

schade

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of schaden

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German

Adjective

schade (used predicatively)

1. Das ist aber schade! or, for short, Schade!

   What a pity! or What a shame!

2. Es ist zu schade, dass ...

   It's a pity that ...

Verb

schade

1. 1st person singular present indicative of schaden
2. 2nd person singular imperative of schaden
3. 1st and 3rd person singular present subjunctive of schaden

Related terms

• Schaden

See also

• Mitleid
• Scham f

External links

• schade in Duden online