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schaden

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See also: Schaden and Schäden

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch schaden, from Old Dutch skathon, from Proto-West Germanic *skaþōn, from Proto-Germanic *skaþōną. Cognate with English scathe.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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schaden

  1. (intransitive) to damage, to harm, to hurt
    Synonym: beschadigen

Conjugation

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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

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  • Negerhollands: skaad

Anagrams

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German schaden, from Old High German scadōn, from the root of the noun Schaden (damage, harm).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to hurt, to be harmful
    Es kann nicht schaden, es mal zu versuchen.
    It can't hurt to give it a try.
  2. to damage, to harm, to hurt [with dative ‘someone’]
    Der Fehler hat seinem Ruf geschadet.
    The mistake harmed his reputation.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • schaden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schaden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schaden” in Duden online
  • schaden” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle English

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Verb

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schaden

  1. Alternative form of scheden