schil
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /sxɪl/
- (Belgium)
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audio (Netherlands) (file) - Hyphenation: schil
- Rhymes: -ɪl
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch schelle, schille, from Old Dutch *skella, from Proto-West Germanic *skallju, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō.
Cognate with Middle Low German schelle, English shell, Old Norse skel, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 (skalja).
Noun edit
schil f or m (plural schillen, diminutive schilletje n)
- peel, rind, skin, bark
- crust (soil)
- shell (egg or mollusc)
- (obsolete) slice
- (obsolete) membrane covering the eye; used figuratively in the absolute plural (de schillen) for (mental) blindness
Derived terms edit
- appelschil
- bananenschil
- peulschil (mainly used figuratively)
- schelvis
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
schil
- inflection of schillen: