See also: Schaden and Schäden

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch schaden, from Old Dutch skathon, from Proto-West Germanic *skaþōn, from Proto-Germanic *skaþōną. Cognate with English scathe.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsxaːdə(n)/
  • Rhymes: -aːdən
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Verb edit

schaden

  1. (intransitive) to damage, to harm, to hurt
    Synonym: beschadigen

Inflection edit

Inflection of schaden (weak)
infinitive schaden
past singular schaadde
past participle geschaad
infinitive schaden
gerund schaden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular schaad schaadde
2nd person sing. (jij) schaadt schaadde
2nd person sing. (u) schaadt schaadde
2nd person sing. (gij) schaadt schaadde
3rd person singular schaadt schaadde
plural schaden schaadden
subjunctive sing.1 schade schaadde
subjunctive plur.1 schaden schaadden
imperative sing. schaad
imperative plur.1 schaadt
participles schadend geschaad
1) Archaic.

Descendants edit

  • Negerhollands: skaad

Anagrams edit

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German schaden, from Old High German scadōn, from the root of the noun Schaden (damage, harm).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

schaden (weak, third-person singular present schadet, past tense schadete, past participle geschadet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to hurt, to be harmful
    Es kann nicht schaden, es mal zu versuchen.
    It can't hurt to give it a try.
  2. (with dative object) to damage, to harm, to hurt
    Der Fehler hat seinem Ruf geschadet.
    The mistake harmed his reputation.

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

  • schaden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schaden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schaden” in Duden online
  • schaden” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle English edit

Verb edit

schaden

  1. Alternative form of scheden