German

Noun

Bad n ‎(genitive Bades or Bads, plural Bäder)

1. bath
   • ein Bad nehmen

     to take a bath

2. bathroom
   • Wo ist das Bad?

     Where is the bathroom?

3. pool, baths
4. (destination) spa; (health) resort
   • Bad Cannstatt, Bad Homburg, Bad Segeberg, ...

     (place names)

Declension

Synonyms

• (bathroom): Badezimmer
• (baths): Badeanstalt, Schwimmbad
• (spa): Kurort, Badeort

Derived terms

Hyponyms

• (bath): Abschreckbad (quenching bath), Ätzbad (etching bath), Alkoholbad (alcohol bath), Augenbad (eye bath) Fixierbad (fixing 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)

See also

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German bad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːt/
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

Bad n ‎(plural Bieder)

1. bath
2. spa, baths

Related terms

• bueden

English

Adjective

bad ‎(comparative worse or badder, superlative worst or baddest)

1. Not good; unfavorable; negative.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 10, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.

   You have bad credit.‎

2. Not suitable or fitting.

   Do you think it is a bad idea to confront him directly?‎

3. Seemingly non-appropriate, in manners, etc.
   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 7, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     “[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't stand is to have them togs called a livery. […]”

   It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full.‎

4. Unhealthy.

   Lard is bad for you. Smoking is bad for you, too. Grapes are bad for dogs but not for humans.

5. Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.

   Divorce is usually a bad experience for everybody involved.‎

6. Evil; wicked.

   Be careful. There are bad people in the world.‎

7. Faulty; not functional.

   I had a bad headlight.‎

8. (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.

   These apples have gone bad.‎

9. (of breath) Malodorous, foul.

   Bad breath is not pleasant for anyone.‎

10. (informal) Bold and daring.
11. (of a need or want) Severe, urgent.

    He is in bad need of a haircut.‎

Usage notes

The comparative badder and superlative baddest are nonstandard.

Synonyms

• (not good): unfavorable, negative
• (non-appropriate, in manners, etc.):
• (not suitable or fitting):
• (tricky; stressful; unpleasant):
• (evil, wicked): wicked, evil, vile, vicious
• (not functional): faulty
• (of food): rotten
• (of breath): malodorous, foul
• (bold, daring): badass
• (of a need or want): severe, urgent, dire

• See also Wikisaurus:bad

Antonyms

See also

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

bad ‎(comparative worse, superlative worst)

1. (now colloquial) Badly.

   I didn't do too bad in the last exam.

Translations

Noun

bad ‎(uncountable)

1. (slang) Error, mistake.

   Sorry, my bad!

   • 1993, Mitch Albom, Fab five: basketball, trash talk, the American dream, page days:

     "My bad, My bad!” Juwan yelled, scowling

   • 2003, Zane, Skyscraper, page 7:

     “Chico, you're late again.” I turned around and stared him in his beady eyes. “I missed my bus. My bad, Donald.” “Your bad? Your bad? What kind of English is that?

   • 2008, Camika Spencer, Cubicles, page 68:

     Teresa broke out in laughter. “Dang, I sound like I'm talking to my man.” “I tried your cell phone, but you didn't answer.” “I left it at home, Friday. My bad.” “Yeah, your bad.” I laughed. “Really, I'm sorry. It won't happen again.

1. (countable, uncountable, economics) An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.
   • 2011, Thompson, Henry, International Economics: Global Markets and Competition, 3rd edition, World Scientific, page 97:

     Imports are an economic good but exports an economic bad. Exports must be produced but are enjoyed by foreign consumers.

   • 2011, William J. Boyes, Michael Melvin, Economics, 9th edition, Cengage Learning, page 4:

     An economic bad is anything that you would pay to get rid of. It is not so hard to think of examples of bads: pollution, garbage, and disease fit the description.

Translations

Etymology 2

Probably identical to bad, etymology 1, above, especially in the sense "bold, daring".

Adjective

bad ‎(comparative badder, superlative baddest)

1. (Should we move⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (slang) Fantastic.

   You is ^[sic] bad, man!

Etymology 3

From Middle English bad, from Old English bæd, first and third-person singular indicative past tense of biddan ‎(“to ask”).

Verb

bad

1. (archaic) Alternative past tense of bid. See bade.

Etymology 4

Unknown

Verb

bad ‎(third-person singular simple present bads, present participle badding, simple past and past participle badded)

1. (Britain, dialect, transitive) To shell (a walnut).
   • 1876, The Gloucester Journal, Oct. 7, 1876, reported in William John Thomas, Doran (John), Henry Frederick Turle, Joseph Knight, Vernon Horace Rendall, Florence Hayllar, Notes and Queries, page 346

     A curious specimen of Gloucestershire dialect c»me out in an assault case heard by the Gloucester court magistrates on Saturday. One of the witnesses, speaking of what a girl was doing at the time the assault took place, said she was ' badding ' walnuts in a pigstye. The word is peculiarly provincial : to ' bad ' walnuts is to strip away the husk. The walnut, too, is often called » 'bannut,' and hence the old Gloucestershire phrase, ' Come an' bad the bannuts.'

Statistics

Anagrams

• ABD ADB, BDA, dab, DAB, dba, DBA, D.B.A.

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bað.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bad/, [bað]

Noun

bad n (singular definite badet, plural indefinite bade)

1. bath, shower, swim
2. bathroom

Inflection

Etymology 2

See bede ‎(“to pray, request”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːd/, [bæːˀð]

Verb

bad

1. past tense of bede

Etymology 3

See bade ‎(“to bathe, bath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːd/, [bæðˀ]

Verb

bad

1. imperative of bade

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑt
• IPA^(key): /bɑt/

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *bath, from Proto-Germanic *baþą.

Noun

bad n ‎(plural baden, diminutive badje n)

1. bath

Derived terms

• badderen
• badkuip

Etymology 2

Verb

bad

1. singular past indicative of bidden

Gothic

Romanization

bad

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐌳

Lojban

Rafsi

bad

1. rafsi of bandu.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bað, from Proto-Germanic *baþą ‎(“bath”).

Noun

bad n ‎(definite singular badet, indefinite plural bad, definite plural bada or badene)

1. a bath

   et varmt bad - a hot bath

2. a bathroom (see also baderom)

Related terms

• bade

Derived terms

• blodbad

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• (of be) ba

Verb

bad

1. imperative of bade
2. simple past of be
3. simple past of bede

References

• “bad” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bað.

Noun

bad n ‎(definite singular badet, indefinite plural bad, definite plural bada)

1. a bath

   eit varmt bad - a hot bath

2. a bathroom

Synonyms

• (bathroom): baderom

Derived terms

• blodbad

Verb

bad

1. past tense of be, beda and bede

References

• “bad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

bād

1. first-person singular preterite of bīdan
2. third-person singular preterite of bīdan

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• bed

Verb

bad

1. third-person singular past subjunctive of is
2. third-person singular imperative of is
3. second-person plural imperative of is

Polish

Etymology

From German Bad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bat/

Noun

bad m inan

1. (obsolete) health resort, bath

Declension

Synonyms

• kurort

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

bad m ‎(genitive singular baid, plural badan)

1. place, spot
2. tuft, bunch
3. flock, group
4. thicket, clump (of trees)

Synonyms

• (place): spot

Derived terms

• anns a' bhad
• reul-bhad

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish badh, from Old Norse bað, from Proto-Germanic *baþą, from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁-.

Pronunciation

Noun

bad n

1. a bath, the act of bathing
2. a bath, a place for bathing (badplats, badhus)

Declension

Related terms

• bada
• havsbad
• kallbad
• karbad
• varmbad
• vinterbad
• ångbad

Verb

bad

1. past tense of be.
2. past tense of bedja.

References

• bad in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Volapük

Noun

bad ‎(plural bads)

1. evil, badness

Declension

See also

• badik
• badiko