Polyglot Dictionary

Schande

/ˈʃandə/

die noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Negative

Meaning

  1. shame, disgrace

    • Das war eine Schande für die ganze Familie.

      That was a disgrace for the whole family.

N Category Idea Concreteness Abstract Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

oprobio

oprobio is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "shame, disgrace."

Practice

1 What does Schande mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das war eine ___ für die ganze Familie.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Schande?

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