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/

• Audio:

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Noun

Schande f (genitive Schande, no plural)

1. disgrace, infamy, dishonour

   Synonyms: Schmach, Beschämung, Entehrung, Unwürdigkeit

Usage notes

• German Schande can overlap with English shame insofar as the latter is used in the sense of "disgrace". However, the two words should not be identified generally because this will lead to misunderstandings. Particularly, the phrase es ist eine Schande means "it's a disgrace". The German translation for "it's a shame" would be es ist schade.

Declension

Declension of Schande [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schande
genitive	einer	der	Schande
dative	einer	der	Schande
accusative	eine	die	Schande

Derived terms

• Blutschande
• Rassenschande
• schandebringend
• Schandblatt
• Schandmaul
• schändlich
• Schandfleck

Related terms

• schänden

Further reading

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