schal

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

schal

  1. inflection of schallen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Etymology 2[edit]

See the verb schellen (to ring a bell). Cognate with German Schall.

Noun[edit]

schal m (plural schallen, diminutive schalletje n)

  1. (poetic, dated) a resonating sound or noise
Synonyms[edit]

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From (late and northern) Middle High German schal (tasteless, turbid), borrowed from Middle Low German schal, from Proto-Germanic *skal-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (to dry out). Compare Swedish skäll (thin, weak, bleak), Old English sċeald (shallow, flat), whence modern English shallow and shoal.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

schal (strong nominative masculine singular schaler, comparative schaler, superlative am schalsten)

  1. stale (of food and drink: having lost its taste through age, oxidation, etc.)
    Synonym: abgestanden
    schales Bierstale beer
  2. (figurative) dull, flat, insipid

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • schal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schal” in Duden online

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

schal c

  1. Alternative form of sjal

Declension[edit]

Declension of schal 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative schal schalen schalar schalarna
Genitive schals schalens schalars schalarnas

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