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Schaden

Schaden

See also: schaden and Schäden

German

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Noun

Schaden m (genitive Schadens, plural Schäden)

  1. damage; harm
    Das Auto hat einen Schaden. - “The car is damaged.”
    Er hat seiner Frau nie Schaden zugefügt. - “He has never done any harm to his wife.”
  2. (colloquial, informal) mental problem (in the sense of “crazy”)
    Der hat doch ’n Schaden. – “He must be out of his mind.

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Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon skatho, from Proto-Germanic *skaþō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. Compare Dutch schade, English scathe, German Schaden.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɒːdən/, /sxaːðən/

Noun

Schaden m (plural Schadens)

  1. damage
  2. harm
  3. (en Schaden hebben) (colloquial, derogative): to be mentally deficient

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schaden

schaden

See also: Schaden and Schäden

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaːdn̩/

Verb

schaden (third-person singular simple present schadet, past tense schadete, past participle geschadet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to damage; to harm; to hurt
    jemandem schaden — “to hurt someone”

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