Schande

See also: schande and schände

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schande, from Old High German scanta, from Proto-West Germanic *skandu, from Proto-Germanic *skandō (“shame, disgrace”). Cognate with Yiddish שאַנדע‎ (shande), English shand, Dutch schande.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃandə/
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Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. shame, disgrace, infamy
    Synonyms: Scham, Schmach, Beschämung, Unwürdigkeit

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Schande” in Duden online
  • “Schande” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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