See also: Schal

Dutch edit

Etymology 1 edit

Verb edit

schal

  1. inflection of schallen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Etymology 2 edit

See the verb schellen (to ring a bell). Cognate with German Schall.

Noun edit

schal m (plural schallen, diminutive schalletje n)

  1. (poetic, dated) a resonating sound or noise
Synonyms edit

German edit

Etymology edit

From (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 edit

Adjective edit

schal (strong nominative masculine singular schaler, comparative schaler, superlative am schalsten)

  1. stale (of food and drink: having lost its taste through age, oxidation, etc.)
    Synonym: abgestanden
    schales Bierstale beer
  2. (figurative) dull, flat, insipid

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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

Swedish edit

Noun edit

schal c

  1. Alternative form of sjal

Declension edit

Declension of schal 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative schal schalen schalar schalarna
Genitive schals schalens schalars schalarnas

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