Bad
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bad"
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German bat, from Old High German bad, from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą. Related to bähen.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /baːt/ (prescriptive standard; especially southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /bat/ (variant in northern and central Germany; predominant in compounds and placenames; but inflected forms with a long vowel)
- Rhymes: -aːt, -at
Audio (Austria) (file) Audio (file) - Homophone: Bart (some speakers)
Noun edit
Bad n (strong, genitive Bades or Bads, plural Bäder)
- bath
- ein Bad nehmen ― to take a bath
- bathroom
- Synonym: Badezimmer
- Wo ist das Bad? ― Where is the bathroom?
- pool, baths
- Synonyms: Badeanstalt, Schwimmbad
- (destination) spa; (health) resort
Usage notes edit
In Germany, only officially recognized spa towns are allowed to bear the designation Bad (occasionally Heilbad) in their name.
Declension edit
Declension of Bad [neuter, strong]
Hyponyms edit
- (bath): Abschreckbad (quenching bath), Ätzbad (etching bath), Alkoholbad (alcohol bath), Augenbad (eye bath), Fixierbad (fixing bath), Heilbad, Kräuterbad (herbal bath), Salzbad (salt bath), Sonnenbad (sun bath), Vollbad (full bath)
- (baths): Schwimmbad (public swimming pool), Freibad, Hallenbad, Strandbad, Volksbad, proper nouns like: “Prinzenbad”
- (spa): Alpenseebad (alpine lake spa)
Derived terms edit
- Bad Aibling
- Bad Arolsen
- Bad Belzig
- Bad Bentheim
- Bad Bergzabern
- Bad Berka
- Bad Berleburg
- Bad Berneck im Fichtelgebirge
- Bad Bevensen
- Bad Bibra
- Bad Blankenburg
- Bad Bramstedt
- Bad Breisig
- Bad Brückenau
- Bad Buchau
- Bad Camberg
- Bad Doberan
- Bad Driburg
- Bad Düben
- Bad Dürkheim
- Bad Dürrenberg
- Bad Dürrheim
- Bad Elster
- Bad Ems
- Bad Fallingbostel
- Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhäuser
- Bad Freienwalde (Oder)
- Bad Friedrichshall
- Bad Gandersheim
- Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel
- Bad Griesbach im Rottal
- Bad Harzburg
- Bad Herrenalb
- Bad Hersfeld
- Bad Homburg
- Bad Honnef
- Bad Hönningen
- Bad Iburg
- Bad Karlshafen
- Bad Kissingen
- Bad König
- Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld
- Bad Köstritz
- Bad Kötzting
- Bad Kreuznach
- Bad Krozingen
- Bad Laasphe
- Bad Langensalza
- Bad Lauchstädt
- Bad Lausick
- Bad Lauterberg im Harz
- Bad Liebenstein
- Bad Liebenwerda
- Bad Liebenzell
- Bad Lippspringe
- Bad Lobenstein
- Bad Marienberg
- Bad Mergentheim
- Bad Münder am Deister
- Bad Münstereifel
- Bad Muskau
- Bad Nauheim
- Bad Nenndorf
- Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
- Bad Neustadt
- Bad Oeynhausen
- Bad Oldesloe
- Bad Orb
- Bad Pyrmont
- Bad Rappenau
- Bad Reichenhall
- Bad Rodach
- Bad Sachsa
- Bad Säckingen
- Bad Salzdetfurth
- Bad Salzuflen
- Bad Salzungen
- Bad Saulgau
- Bad Schandau
- Bad Schmiedeberg
- Bad Schussenried
- Bad Schwalbach
- Bad Schwartau
- Bad Segeberg
- Bad Sobernheim
- Bad Soden am Taunus
- Bad Soden-Salmünster
- Bad Sooden-Allendorf
- Bad Staffelstein
- Bad Sulza
- Bad Sülze
- Bad Teinach-Zavelstein
- Bad Tennstedt
- Bad Tölz
- Bad Urach
- Bad Vilbel
- Bad Waldsee
- Bad Wildbad
- Bad Wildungen
- Bad Wilsnack
- Bad Wimpfen
- Bad Windsheim
- Bad Wörishofen
- Bad Wünnenberg
- Bad Wurzach
- Badeanzug (“bathing suit, swim suit”)
- Badeente (“rubber duck”)
- Badegast (“bather”)
- Badegewässer (“bathing water”)
- Badehaube (“bathing cap”)
- Badehaus (“baths”)
- Badehose (“bathing trunks”)
- Badekappe (“bathing cap”)
- Badelaken (“bath sheet”)
- Badelatschen (“flip-flops”)
- Bademantel (“bathrobe”)
- Badematte (“bathmat”)
- Bademeister (“bath attendant”)
- Bademütze (“bathing cap”)
- baden (“to bathe, to swim”)
- Bader (“barber, bone-setter (archaic)”)
- Badesaison (“swimming season”)
- Badesalz (“bath salts”)
- Badeschwamm (“bath sponge”)
- Badesee (“bathing lake”)
- Badeseife (“bath soap”)
- Badestrand (“beach”)
- Badetuch (“bath towel”)
- Badewanne (“bathtub”)
- Badewärter (“lifeguard”)
- Badewasser (“bathwater”)
- Badezeug (“swimming gear”)
- das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten
- Freibad
- Sandbad
- Strandbad
See also edit
- (bath): Dusche (shower), Wäsche (washing)
- (bathroom): Toilette, WC
- (baths): Schwimmhalle, Swimmingpool, Schwimmbecken, Planschbecken
Further reading edit
- “Bad” in Duden online
- “Bad” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Bad” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German bad, from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Bad n (plural Bieder)
Related terms edit
Plautdietsch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German bedde, from Old Saxon bed, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją (“plot; grave; resting place; bed”). Cognate with Dutch bed, German Bett, English bed, Swedish bädd.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Bad n (plural Baden)
- bed (place for sleeping)