Also means
harm
Usage Note
Schaden is the noun for damage; insurers talk of einen Schaden melden (to report a claim). The proverb durch Schaden wird man klug means you learn from your mistakes — roughly 'once bitten, twice shy'.
Examples
"Der Sturm verursachte großen Schaden."
Natural Translation
The storm caused great damage.
Literal Translation
The storm caused great damage.
Related Words
- Abmahnschreiben formal warning letter (demanding cessation of unlawful conduct)
- Abschiebung deportation
- Akteneinsicht access to files
- Amtsgericht local court
- Amtspflicht official duty; duty of care owed by a public official
- Anfechtungsklage action for annulment
- Angeklagte defendant
- Anhörung hearing; right to be heard (before a decision is made)
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