Bad

From Middle High German bat, from Old High German bad, from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą. Related to bähen.

• IPA^(key): /baːt/ (prescriptive standard; especially southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /bat/ (variant in northern and central Germany; predominant in compounds and placenames; but inflected forms with a long vowel)
• Rhymes: -aːt, -at

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• Homophone: Bart (some speakers)

Bad n (strong, genitive Bades or Bads, plural Bäder)

1. bath

   ein Bad nehmen ― to take a bath

2. bathroom

   Synonym: Badezimmer

   Wo ist das Bad? ― Where is the bathroom?

3. pool, baths

   Synonyms: Badeanstalt, Schwimmbad

4. (destination) spa; (health) resort

   Synonyms: Heilbad, Kurort, Badeort

   Bad Cannstatt, Bad Homburg, Bad Segeberg, ... ― (place names)

In Germany, only officially recognized spa towns are allowed to bear the designation Bad (occasionally Heilbad) in their name.

• (bath): Abschreckbad (quenching bath), Ätzbad (etching bath), Alkoholbad (alcohol bath), Augenbad (eye bath), Fixierbad (fixing bath), Heilbad, Kräuterbad (herbal bath), Salzbad (salt bath), Sonnenbad (sun bath), Vollbad (full bath)
• (baths): Schwimmbad (public swimming pool), Freibad, Hallenbad, Strandbad, Volksbad, proper nouns like: “Prinzenbad”
• (spa): Alpenseebad (alpine lake spa)

• (bath): Dusche (shower), Wäsche (washing)
• (bathroom): Toilette, WC
• (baths): Schwimmhalle, Swimmingpool, Schwimmbecken, Planschbecken

• “Bad” in Duden online
• “Bad” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bad” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

From Old High German bad, from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą.

• IPA^(key): /baːt/
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Bad n (plural Bieder)

1. bath
2. spa, baths

• bueden

From Middle Low German bedde, from Old Saxon bed, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją (“plot; grave; resting place; bed”). Cognate with Dutch bed, German Bett, English bed, Swedish bädd.

• IPA^(key): /bad/

Bad n (plural Baden)

1. bed (place for sleeping)