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Schaden.

damage; harm

7 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃaː.dən//ˈʃaː.dn̩/Germany/ˈʃaː.dɛn//ˈʃaː.dn̩/
  1. damage; harm

    masculine · strong
    Das Auto hat einen Schaden.
    Er hat seiner Frau nie Schaden zugefügt.
  2. mental problem (in the sense of “crazy”)

    colloquial · informal · masculine · strong
    Der hat doch ’n Schaden.
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German schade, from Old High German skado, from Proto-West Germanic *skaþō, from Proto-Germanic *skaþô. Compare Dutch schade, Low German Schaden, Schaad, English scathe, Danish skade, Swedish skada.

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