Schaden

See also: schaden and Schäden

German

Alternative forms

Schade (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle High German schade, from Old High German scado, from Proto-West Germanic *skaþō. Compare Dutch schade, English scathe, Danish skade, Swedish skada.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃaː.d(ə)n/
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Noun

Schaden m (strong, genitive Schadens, plural Schäden)

damage; harm
Das Auto hat einen Schaden.
The car is damaged.

Er hat seiner Frau nie Schaden zugefügt.
He has never done any harm to his wife.
(colloquial, informal) mental problem (in the sense of “crazy”)
Der hat doch ’n Schaden.
He must be out of his mind.

Declension

Declension of Schaden [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schaden	die	Schäden
genitive	eines	des	Schadens	der	Schäden
dative	einem	dem	Schaden	den	Schäden
accusative	einen	den	Schaden	die	Schäden

Antonyms

Nutzen

Derived terms

Dachschaden
Sachschaden
schade
Schadenersatz/Schadensersatz
Schadenfall/Schadensfall
Schadenfreude
schädlich
Waldschaden
Wasserschaden
wer den Schaden hat, braucht für den Spott nicht zu sorgen

Related terms

schaden

Further reading

“Schaden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Schaden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Schaden” in Duden online
Schaden on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German scade, from Old Saxon skatho, from Proto-West Germanic *skaþō. Compare Dutch schade, English scathe, German Schaden.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɒːdən/, /sxaːðən/

Noun

Schaden m (plural Schadens)

damage
harm
(en Schaden hebben) (colloquial, derogative): to be mentally deficient

Derived terms

Schadensafstand
Schadensfall
Schadensklaag
Schadensutgliek
schäädlich
Waterschaden

See also

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