schelf
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch scelve, scelf, from Old Dutch *skelfa, *skelf, from Proto-West Germanic *skelfu, *skelf, from Proto-Germanic *skelfō (“crag, cliff, ledge”). Cognate with German Low German Schelf (“haystack”), West Frisian skelf, English shelf.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
schelf f (plural schelven, diminutive schelfje n)
- storage floor for hay or straw, often above a stable
- (mathematics) stack