See also: Scheel

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch scelu, scele, from Old Dutch *skelo, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh, from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (to lean, bend; joint).

Cognates include German scheel, Old English sceolh, Old Norse skjalgr, Latin scelus (crime) and Ancient Greek σκολιός (skoliós), σκαληνός (skalēnós).

Adjective edit

scheel (comparative scheler, superlative scheelst)

  1. cross-eyed, squinting
  2. crooked, bent, not straight
  3. (figurative sense) with an envious or jealous look
  4. (of a pain or painful issue) severe
  5. (uncommon) sour, tart
Inflection edit
Inflection of scheel
uninflected scheel
inflected schele
comparative scheler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial scheel scheler het scheelst
het scheelste
indefinite m./f. sing. schele schelere scheelste
n. sing. scheel scheler scheelste
plural schele schelere scheelste
definite schele schelere scheelste
partitive scheels schelers
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Negerhollands: skeel
  • Papiamentu: skel, skeel

Verb edit

scheel

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

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Dutch schelen. Cognates include Old English scilian (secrete), Old Norse skila (decide).

Verb edit

scheel

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

Noun edit

scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

  1. (obsolete) A difference
  2. (obsolete) A dispute, difference of opinion, conflict
Synonyms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Contracted form of schedel.

Noun edit

scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

  1. A skull; a death's-head
  2. A mound's crest or crown

Noun edit

scheel n (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

  1. A lid, cover
  2. An eyelid, cover
  3. A measure of volume, a quarter of a 'mud', equivalent to a 'schepel'

Etymology 4 edit

From Middle Dutch schedel (parting), from scheiden (to part, divide, split).

Noun edit

scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

  1. (obsolete) A parting of the hair
  2. (obsolete) A hairstyle of the hair
  3. (obsolete) A plait of hair
Synonyms edit

Verb edit

scheel

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

Etymology 5 edit

Alternative form of scheil. See scheiden (to separate).

Noun edit

scheel n (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

  1. A mesentery, membrane which keeps an intestine in place

Anagrams edit

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German schēle and northern Middle High German schel, from Old High German skelah, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh, from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (to lean, bend; joint). The predominant High German form was Middle High German schelch, -hes, Old High German skelah, whence obsolete German schelch.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃeːl/
  • (file)

Adjective edit

scheel (strong nominative masculine singular scheeler, comparative scheeler, superlative am scheelsten)

  1. cross-eyed
    Synonyms: schielend, schieläugig
  2. squinting
  3. (commonest sense) with a crooked look; looking disdainfully or aggressively from the side
    ein scheeler Blicka dirty look

Declension edit

Further reading edit

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

Plautdietsch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German schēle, from Old Saxon *skelh, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh.

Adjective edit

scheel

  1. squint-eyed
  2. bridle-shy