German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German schemel, schamel, from Old High German scamal, from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil (stool, bench).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃeːml̩]
  • (file)

Noun edit

Schemel m (strong, genitive Schemels, plural Schemel)

  1. footstool
    Synonym: Fußbank
  2. low, simple stool, taboret
    Synonym: Hocker

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schemel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading edit

  • Schemel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Schemel” in Duden online