schande.
shame, disgrace
Meaning & usage
shame, disgrace
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch schande, from Old Dutch *skanda, from Proto-West Germanic *skandu, from Proto-Germanic *skandō, *skamdō (“shame, disgrace”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kem- (“to cover”). Cognates include Old High German scanda, skanda (“ignominy, shame, disgrace”) (whence German Schande) and Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 (skanda, “shame, disgrace”).
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