German

Noun

Schade m ‎(genitive Schadens, plural Schäden)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of Schaden

Usage notes

• Forms other than the nominative singular are the same as those of the contemporary form Schaden.

Declension

English

Noun

schade ‎(plural schades)

1. (obsolete) shade; shadow

Alemannic German

Etymology

From 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, 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/

Etymology

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

Verb

schade

1. (archaic) 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 ‎(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.