schal
See also: Schal
Dutch
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editschal
- inflection of schallen:
Etymology 2
editSee the verb schellen (“to ring a bell”). Cognate with German Schall.
Noun
editschal m (plural schallen, diminutive schalletje n)
- (poetic, dated) a resonating sound or noise
Synonyms
editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom (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
editAdjective
editschal (strong nominative masculine singular schaler, comparative schaler, superlative am schalsten)
- stale (of food and drink: having lost its taste through age, oxidation, etc.)
- Synonym: abgestanden
- schales Bier ― stale beer
- (figurative) dull, flat, insipid
Declension
editPositive forms of schal
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist schal | sie ist schal | es ist schal | sie sind schal | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | schaler | schale | schales | schale |
genitive | schalen | schaler | schalen | schaler | |
dative | schalem | schaler | schalem | schalen | |
accusative | schalen | schale | schales | schale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der schale | die schale | das schale | die schalen |
genitive | des schalen | der schalen | des schalen | der schalen | |
dative | dem schalen | der schalen | dem schalen | den schalen | |
accusative | den schalen | die schale | das schale | die schalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein schaler | eine schale | ein schales | (keine) schalen |
genitive | eines schalen | einer schalen | eines schalen | (keiner) schalen | |
dative | einem schalen | einer schalen | einem schalen | (keinen) schalen | |
accusative | einen schalen | eine schale | ein schales | (keine) schalen |
Comparative forms of schal
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist schaler | sie ist schaler | es ist schaler | sie sind schaler | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | schalerer | schalere | schaleres | schalere |
genitive | schaleren | schalerer | schaleren | schalerer | |
dative | schalerem | schalerer | schalerem | schaleren | |
accusative | schaleren | schalere | schaleres | schalere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der schalere | die schalere | das schalere | die schaleren |
genitive | des schaleren | der schaleren | des schaleren | der schaleren | |
dative | dem schaleren | der schaleren | dem schaleren | den schaleren | |
accusative | den schaleren | die schalere | das schalere | die schaleren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein schalerer | eine schalere | ein schaleres | (keine) schaleren |
genitive | eines schaleren | einer schaleren | eines schaleren | (keiner) schaleren | |
dative | einem schaleren | einer schaleren | einem schaleren | (keinen) schaleren | |
accusative | einen schaleren | eine schalere | ein schaleres | (keine) schaleren |
Superlative forms of schal
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editNorth Frisian
editVerb
editschal
Swedish
editNoun
editschal c
- Alternative form of sjal
Declension
editDeclension of schal
References
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- Dutch non-lemma forms
- Dutch verb forms
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch poetic terms
- Dutch dated terms
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German terms with homophones
- German lemmas
- German adjectives
- German terms with usage examples
- North Frisian non-lemma forms
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