Geschaad

Geschaad is a Dutch-language word used primarily as a past participle form of the verb schaden, meaning to damage or harm. In usage, geschaad signals that something has sustained damage or injury. The term is cognate with the German geschädigt and shares its etymological roots in the Germanic family of languages. In modern Dutch, the commonly preferred adjective for damage is beschadigd; geschaad appears mainly in formal, historical, or legal texts, or as a calque from German in translations. It can refer to damage to property, health, or reputation, depending on context, and is more likely to be found in written rather than spoken Dutch.

In legal and insurance language, variations of this idea are common, and you may encounter phrases that translate roughly to "damage suffered" or "damaged condition." However, for everyday speech, speakers tend to use beschadigd and related terms; geschaad may sound archaic or overly formal to contemporary readers.

In other languages, Afrikaans uses geskade to mean damaged, while German uses geschädigt; Dutch dialects or older texts may show forms close to geschaad. The word is occasionally encountered as a surname or as part of longer terms, but it is not widely used as a standalone term in contemporary standard Dutch. See also: schade, beschadigen, geschädigt, schadevergoeding.