# Bad
## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German bat, from Old High German bad, from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą. Related to bähen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baːt/ (prescriptive standard; especially southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
* IPA: /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

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
    Synonyms: Heilbad, Kurort, Badeort
    Bad Cannstatt, Bad Homburg, Bad Segeberg, ... ― (place names)

#### Usage notes

In Germany, only officially recognized spa towns are allowed to bear the designation Bad (occasionally Heilbad) in their name.

#### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

#### Hyponyms

* (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

* 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

* (bath): Dusche (shower), Wäsche (washing)
* (bathroom): Toilette, WC
* (baths): Schwimmhalle, Swimmingpool, Schwimmbecken, Planschbecken

### Further reading

* “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
### Etymology

From Old High German bad, from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baːt/
** Rhymes: -aːt

### Noun

Bad n (plural Bieder)
* bath
* spa, baths

#### Related terms

* bueden

## Plautdietsch
### Etymology

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

* IPA: /bad/

### Noun

Bad n (plural Baden)
* bed (place for sleeping)