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Zu viel Sonne schadet Ottis Blumen auf dem Balkon. Too much sun is harming Otti's flowers on the balcony.

verb · B1

schaden

[ˈʃaːdn̩]

to harm, to damage

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es schadet What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es schadete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat geschadet The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich schadeschadetehabe geschadet
du schadestschadetesthast geschadet
er/sie/es schadetschadetehat geschadet
wir schadenschadetenhaben geschadet
ihr schadetschadetethabt geschadet
sie/Sie schadenschadetenhaben geschadet
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte geschadetwerde schadenwerde geschadet haben
du hattest geschadetwirst schadenwirst geschadet haben
er/sie/es hatte geschadetwird schadenwird geschadet haben
wir hatten geschadetwerden schadenwerden geschadet haben
ihr hattet geschadetwerdet schadenwerdet geschadet haben
sie/Sie hatten geschadetwerden schadenwerden geschadet haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich schadete
du schadetest
er/sie/es schadete
wir schadeten
ihr schadetet
sie/Sie schadeten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde schaden.

Person Imperativ
du schade!
ihr schadet!
Sie schaden Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

schad root en ending

-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

schädlichbeschädigen

In Otti's situations: Kalle cares about the climate

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