Schild
English edit
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Schild (plural Schilds)
- A surname from German.
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Alemannic German edit
Noun edit
Schild m
References edit
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 18.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From schild.
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Schild n
French edit
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Schild ?
- a surname from German
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German schilt m (“shield”, genitive schiltes or schildes), from Old High German skilt, from Proto-West Germanic *skeldu, from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keyt- (“shield, cover”). Cognate with Dutch schild, English shield, Danish skjold.
The -ld- is due to sporadic revoicing, reinforced by unshifted forms in Central and Low German (cf. dulden, Geld etc.). The neuter gender spread southward from Middle Low German schilt. It established itself in general Standard German for the derived sense “sign”, but not for the traditional sense “shield”.
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Noun edit
Schild n (strong, genitive Schildes or Schilds, plural Schilder or Schilde, diminutive Schildchen n or Schildlein n or (rare, also Ruhrpöttisch) Schildken n)
- sign, plate (flat surface bearing information)
- Was steht dahinten auf dem Schild?
- What does that sign say over there?
- (often also diminutive) label, tag (piece of paper etc. on a product)
- Synonym: Etikett
- Du musst noch das Schild an deinem neuen Hemd abschneiden.
- You still have to cut off the label from your new shirt.
- (nonstandard or informal, northern and central Germany) Alternative form of Schild (“shield, protector”, noun 2 below)
- Mittelalterliche Schilde(r) waren oft sehr schwer.
- Medieval shields were often quite heavy.
- Die Stasi begriff sich als (das) Schild und Schwert der Partei.
- The Stasi considered itself the Party’s [i.e. the SED's] shield and sword.
Usage notes edit
- In official use, Schild in the sense of “shield, protector” is exclusively masculine. However, in northern and central Germany the word is also used in the neuter form (plural Schilder) with no difference made between the senses.[1]
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Noun edit
Schild m (strong, genitive Schildes or Schilds, plural Schilde, diminutive Schildlein n)
- shield, buckler (defensive weapon)
- Mittelalterliche Schilde waren oft sehr schwer.
- Medieval shields were often quite heavy.
- (figurative) protection, protector
- Die Stasi begriff sich als Schild und Schwert der Partei.
- The Stasi considered itself the Party’s shield and sword.
- (heraldry) shield
Usage notes edit
- See above.
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Proper noun edit
Schild m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Schilds or (with an article) Schild, plural Schilds or Schild)
- a surname
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | feminine | |||||||
indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | (ein) | (der) | Schild | (eine) | (die) | Schild | (die) | Schilds |
genitive | (eines) | (des) | Schilds, Schild1 | (einer) | (der) | Schild | (der) | Schilds |
dative | (einem) | (dem) | Schild | (einer) | (der) | Schild | (den) | Schilds |
accusative | (einen) | (den) | Schild | (eine) | (die) | Schild | (die) | Schilds |
1With an article.
References edit
- ^ Der Schild oder das Schild?, Wiener Zeitung Online
Further reading edit
- “Schild” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Schild (Schutzwaffe, Schirm)” in Duden online
- “Schild (Tafel, Platte, Fleck)” in Duden online
- “Schild” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Schild” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Schild on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schild”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Hunsrik edit
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Schild m (plural Schild)
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Schild n (plural Schild)
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Schild m or f by sense
- a surname from German
Low German edit
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Schild n
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Schild m
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German schilt, from Old High German scilt, scild, from Proto-West Germanic *skeldu (“shield”), from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keyt-, *(s)keyd-, *keyt- (“shield, cover”). Compare German Schild, Dutch schild, English shield, Danish skjold.
Noun edit
Schild n (plural Schilder)
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from German Schild.
Proper noun edit
Schild m or f by sense
- a surname from German
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Schild m or f by sense
- a surname from German