schande

Meaning

shame, disgrace

Hyphenated as

schan‧de

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsxɑndə/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch schande, from Old Dutch *skanda, from Proto-West Germanic *skandu, from Proto-Germanic *skandō, *skamdō (“shame, disgrace”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kem- (“to cover”). Cognate with Old High German scanda, skanda (“ignominy, shame, disgrace”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 (skanda, “shame, disgrace”).

Sentences

Dat is een grote schande en we betreuren dit feit ten zeerste .

That is a great shame and we deeply regret this fact.