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/

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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)

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
• 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)

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/
• 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 (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.

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

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

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: schade
• Limburgish: sjaaj

Etymology 2

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

Noun

schāde m or f or n

2. 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
• 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. Compare schadowe, from sċeaduwe, the accusative form of sċeadu.

Alternative forms

• shade, scæde, ssade, ssed, shadde

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃad(ə)/, /ʃaːd(ə)/

Noun

schade (plural schades)

1. A shadow or a similar effect.
   • 15th century, James I of Scotland, The Kingis Quair:

     walking in the schade

     walking in the shade

2. A shade or darkening.
3. Darkness, absence of light
4. Reflections present in water.

Related terms

• nyȝtschade

Descendants

• English: shade
• Scots: shade
• Yola: shaade

References

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

Etymology 2

Noun

schade

1. Alternative form of sched