Principal Forms
| Present, Sg.3 | schadt |
| Past Participle | gschadt |
Auxiliary
haa
Alternative Forms
Etymology
From Middle High German schaden, from Old High German scadōn, from Proto-West Germanic *skaþōn, from Proto-Germanic *skaþōną. Cognate with German schaden, English scathe, Icelandic skaða. See: Middle High German '
schaden', Proto-Germanic '
*skaþōną', German, old spelling '
schaden', English '
scathe', Icelandic '
skaða'.
Sample Sentences
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Ufrichtigkeit cha gwüß nüt schade. (Sincerity certainly can't hurt.) [1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:]
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1978, Rolf Lyssy & Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher, (transcript) (Then we'll arrive a little earlier. It won't do any harm.)