# schade
## Alemannic German
### Etymology

From Middle High German schaden, from Old High German scadōn, from Proto-West Germanic *skaþōn, from Proto-Germanic *skaþōną. Cognate with German schaden, English scathe, Icelandic skaða.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʃɑdə/

### Verb

schade (third-person singular simple present schadt, past participle gschadt, past subjunctive schadti, auxiliary haa)
* 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: /ˈsxaː.də/
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* Audio (Netherlands):(file)
* Hyphenation: scha‧de
* Rhymes: -aːdə

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch schāde, from Old Dutch skatho, from Proto-West Germanic *skaþō, from Proto-Germanic *skaþô.

#### Noun

schade f (uncountable)
* damage, detrimental effect
    voorkom schade door alcohol bij uw opgroeiende kind ― prevent damage from alcohol in your growing child

##### Derived terms

* aardbevingsschade
* beschadigen
* blikschade
* brandschade
* gebruiksschade
* gehoorschade
* hagelschade
* oorlogsschade
* planschade
* schadebedrag
* schadeclaim
* schadeformulier
* schadegeval
* schadelijk
* schaden
* schaderegeling
* schadevergoeding
* stormschade
* waterschade
* windschade

##### Descendants

* Negerhollands: skaade, schad, skaede

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch scade, from Old Dutch skado, from Proto-West Germanic *skadu.

#### Noun

schade f (plural schaden)
* (dialectal, possibly obsolete) Alternative form of schaduw (“shadow”)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

schade
* (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of schaden

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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 (indeclinable, predicative only)
* 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.
* (usually with zu) too good to waste [with zu (+ infinitive) ‘doing something’]
    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 für's 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
* inflection of schaden:
** first-person singular present
** first/third-person singular subjunctive I
** singular imperative

### Further reading

* “schade” in Duden online
* “schade” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology 1

From Old Dutch skatho, from Proto-West Germanic *skaþō.

#### Noun

schāde m or f
* A damage, injury, loss.
* A harm, suffering.
* A shame, pity (something regrettable).

##### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

##### Descendants

* Dutch: schade
** Afrikaans: skade
* Limburgish: sjaaj

### Etymology 2

From Old Dutch skado, from Proto-West Germanic *skadu.

#### Noun

schāde m or f or n
* shadow, shade

##### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

##### Descendants

* Dutch: schaduw

### Further reading

* “scade (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* “scade (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “schade (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “schade (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English sċeadu. Compare schadowe, from sċeaduwe, the accusative form of sċeadu.

#### Alternative forms

* shade, scæde, ssade, ssed, shadde

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃad(ə)/, /ʃaːd(ə)/

#### Noun

schade (plural schades)
* A shadow or a similar effect.
** 15th century, James I of Scotland, The Kingis Quair:walking in the schadewalking in the shade
* A shade or darkening.
* Darkness, absence of light
* Reflections present in water.

##### Related terms

* nyȝtschade

##### Descendants

* English: shade
* Scots: shade
* Yola: shaade

##### References

* “shā̆de, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-23.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

schade
* Alternative form of sched