schonde
Dutch
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English sċeand, sċand, from Proto-West Germanic *skandu, from Proto-Germanic *skandō. The final vowel is generalised from Old English inflected forms.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɔnd(ə)/, /ˈʃand(ə)/
Noun
schonde (uncountable)
- The feeling of shame, disservice, or humiliation.
- Damage; negative effects upon something.
- Devastation, ruination; the effects of a cataclysm.
- An action seen as shameworthy.
Derived terms
References
- “shond, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-24.
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