Skala

See also: Appendix:Variations of "skala"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech Skála and Polish Skała.

Proper noun

Skala (plural Skalas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Skala is the 16944^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1678 individuals. Skala is most common among White (96.42%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Skala”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Laska, laksa, salak

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskaːla/

• Audio:

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Noun

Skala f (genitive Skala, plural Skalen or (rare) Skalas)

1. scale, gamut (ordered numerical sequence)
2. (figuratively) gamut

   Dort erleben Sie die ganze Skala der Gefühle. ― There you experience the whole gamut of emotions.

Declension

Declension of Skala [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Skala	die	Skalen, Skalas1
genitive	einer	der	Skala	der	Skalen, Skalas1
dative	einer	der	Skala	den	Skalen, Skalas1
accusative	eine	die	Skala	die	Skalen, Skalas1

¹Rare.

Related terms

• Beaufortskala
• Beliebtheitsskala
• Bewertungsskala
• Celsius-Skala
• Fahrenheit-Skala
• Farbskala
• Gefühlsskala
• Größenwertskala
• Kelvin-Skala
• Notenskala
• Prozentrangskala
• Richterskala
• Schwierigkeitsskala
• Temperaturskala
• Tonskala
• Zeitskala

Related terms

• Skaleninvarianz
• Skaleneffekt

Descendants

• → Polish: skala

Further reading

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