FromMiddle High Germanbat, fromOld High Germanbad, fromProto-West Germanic*baþ, fromProto-Germanic*baþą. Related tobähen.
- 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 always with a long vowel)
- Rhymes:-aːt,-at
- Homophone:Bart(some speakers)
Bad n (strong,genitiveBadesorBads,pluralBäder)
- bath
- einBad nehmen ―to take a bath
- bathroom
- Synonym:Badezimmer
- Wo ist dasBad? ―Where is the bathroom?
- pool,baths
- Synonyms:Badeanstalt,Schwimmbad
- (destination)spa; (health)resort
- Synonyms:Heilbad,Kurort,Badeort
- Bad Cannstatt,Bad Homburg,Bad Segeberg, ... ―(place names)
In Germany, only officially recognizedspa towns are allowed to bear the designationBad (occasionallyHeilbad) in their name.
Declension ofBad [neuter, strong]
- (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)
FromOld High Germanbad, fromProto-West Germanic*baþ, fromProto-Germanic*baþą.
Bad n (pluralBieder)
- bath
- spa,baths
FromMiddle Low Germanbedde, fromOld Saxonbed, fromProto-West Germanic*badi, fromProto-Germanic*badją(“plot; grave; resting place; bed”). Cognate withDutchbed,GermanBett,Englishbed,Swedishbädd.
Bad n (pluralBaden)
- bed(place for sleeping)
