schade
German, adjective/ˈʃaːdə/
schade is spelled S-C-H-A-D-E (6 letters) and appears 60 times per million words in written German, the 1,424th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schade is a German adjective meaning “a pity, a shame; bummer; unfortunate; disappointing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present of schaden. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu bedauern, nicht erfreulich (seiend); traurig stimmend; zum Leidwesen, Schaden (seiend)”.
What does schade mean in English?
adjective
- 1
a pity, a shame; bummer; unfortunate; disappointing
Schade!
- 2
too good
Meine neuen Schuhe sind zu schade, um damit durch den Wald zu laufen.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zu bedauern, nicht erfreulich (seiend); traurig stimmend; zum Leidwesen, Schaden (seiend)
noun: 1. Schaden
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of schade
- schad alternative colloquial
- Schäden nominative plural
- Schadens genitive singular
- Schaden dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schade?
- /ˈʃaːdə/
- [ˈʃaːdə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schade in German?
schade appears 60 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).