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property damage
Damage that occurs to objects, vehicles, or buildings, as opposed to personal injury, where people are hurt.
Bei dem Auffahrunfall entstand glücklicherweise nur ein geringer Sachschaden.
Fortunately, the rear-end collision caused only minor property damage.
The word is a compound of 'die Sache' (thing/item) and 'der Schaden' (damage). The 's' in the middle is a linking sound that connects the two words. So it literally means 'damage to a thing.'
Der Sturm hat an vielen Häusern Sachschaden verursacht.
The storm caused property damage to many houses.
Common verbs with 'Sachschaden' (property damage) are 'verursachen' (to cause), 'entstehen' (to occur/arise), and 'anrichten' (to cause/do). People often also ask about the 'Höhe des Sachschadens' (extent/amount of the property damage).
Der Fahrer des Wagens hat den Sachschaden verursacht.
The driver of the car caused the property damage.
This word is very often used in police or insurance reports. A typical phrase after an accident is: 'Es entstand nur Sachschaden' (There was only property damage).
Zum Glück wurde niemand verletzt, es entstand nur Sachschaden.
Fortunately, no one was injured; there was only property damage.
property damage
Die Sachbeschädigung refers to the intentional or negligent act affecting someone else's property and its classification as a criminal offense. Der Sachschaden, by contrast, refers only to the damage caused to an object, regardless of how it was caused.
Nach dem Zusammenstoß entstand an dem fremden Auto ein hoher Sachschaden.
The collision caused extensive property damage to the other person's car.
Nach dem absichtlichen Zerkratzen des fremden Autos ermittelt die Polizei wegen Sachbeschädigung.
After someone deliberately scratched the other person's car, the police investigated the incident as criminal damage.
