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schade.

a pity, a shame; bummer; unfortunate; disappointing

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈʃaːdə/

  1. a pity, a shame; bummer; unfortunate; disappointing

    indeclinable · predicative
    Schade!
    Das ist aber schade!

  2. too good

    indeclinable · predicative · usually
    Meine neuen Schuhe sind zu schade, um damit durch den Wald zu laufen.
    Ich bin mir fürs Kloputzen nicht zu schade.
Where this word comes from

From predicative use of Schade, the obsolete nominative singular of Schaden (“damage”). The sense “too good” from a conditional construction es wäre zu schade … (“it would be a pity to …”), but now usually construed with an indicative verb.

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