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schade

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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

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

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
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
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German

Pronunciation

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

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 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 fürs Kloputzen nicht zu schade.
    I don’t consider myself too good to clean the loo.

See also

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

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
More information singular, plural ...
More information singular, plural ...
Descendants

Etymology 2

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

Noun

schāde m or f or n

  2. shadow, shade
Inflection
More information singular, plural ...
More information singular, plural ...
Descendants

Further reading

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Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃad(ə)/, /ˈʃaːd(ə)/

Noun

schade (plural schades)

  1. A shadow; a dark image formed by blocking light.
  2. A shade; the darkened region cast by a shadow.
  3. (rare) Reflections present in water.
  4. (rare, by extension) Darkness; absence of light.
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

Noun

schade

  1. alternative form of sched
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