schaden
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch schaden, from Old Dutch skathon, from Proto-West Germanic *skaþōn, from Proto-Germanic *skaþōną. Cognate with English scathe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsxaːdə(n)/
- Rhymes: -aːdən
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Verb
schaden
- (intransitive) to damage, to harm, to hurt
- Synonym: beschadigen
Conjugation
| Conjugation 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, schaad2 | 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. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Descendants
- Negerhollands: skaad
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From Middle High German schaden, from Old High German scadōn, from the root of the noun Schaden (“damage, harm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃaːdn̩/
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Verb
schaden (weak, third-person singular present schadet, past tense schadete, past participle geschadet, auxiliary haben) (intransitive)
- to hurt, to be harmful
- Es kann nicht schaden, es mal zu versuchen.
- It can't hurt to give it a try.
- to damage, to harm, to hurt [with dative ‘someone’]
- Der Fehler hat seinem Ruf geschadet.
- The mistake harmed his reputation.
Conjugation
Conjugation of schaden (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | schaden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | schadend | ||||
| past participle | geschadet | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich schade | wir schaden | i | ich schade | wir schaden |
| du schadest | ihr schadet | du schadest | ihr schadet | ||
| er schadet | sie schaden | er schade | sie schaden | ||
| preterite | ich schadete | wir schadeten | ii | ich schadete1 | wir schadeten1 |
| du schadetest | ihr schadetet | du schadetest1 | ihr schadetet1 | ||
| er schadete | sie schadeten | er schadete1 | sie schadeten1 | ||
| imperative | schad (du) schade (du) |
schadet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of schaden (weak, auxiliary haben)
Related terms
Further reading
- “schaden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schaden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “schaden” in Duden online
- “schaden” in OpenThesaurus.de
Middle English
Verb
schaden
- alternative form of scheden