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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsxɛ.lə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: schel‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛlən

Etymology 1

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Cognate with schillen. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

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schellen

  1. (transitive, dated) To peel.
  2. (intransitive, dated) To be peeled.
Inflection
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Conjugation of schellen (weak)
infinitive schellen
past singular schelde
past participle gescheld
infinitive schellen
gerund schellen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular schel schelde
2nd person sing. (jij) schelt, schel2 schelde
2nd person sing. (u) schelt schelde
2nd person sing. (gij) schelt schelde
3rd person singular schelt schelde
plural schellen schelden
subjunctive sing.1 schelle schelde
subjunctive plur.1 schellen schelden
imperative sing. schel
imperative plur.1 schelt
participles schellend gescheld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
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Noun

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schellen

  1. plural of schel

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch scellen, from Old Dutch skellan, from Proto-Germanic *skellan, *skaljan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skel-, from *kelh₁- (to call, to shout, to make noise, to sound) with an extra s-mobile.[1]

Verb

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schellen

  1. (intransitive) To ring a bell
  2. (transitive) To summon by ringing a bell.
  3. (intransitive) To make the sound of a bell.
Inflection
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Conjugation of schellen (weak)
infinitive schellen
past singular schelde
past participle gescheld
infinitive schellen
gerund schellen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular schel schelde
2nd person sing. (jij) schelt, schel2 schelde
2nd person sing. (u) schelt schelde
2nd person sing. (gij) schelt schelde
3rd person singular schelt schelde
plural schellen schelden
subjunctive sing.1 schelle schelde
subjunctive plur.1 schellen schelden
imperative sing. schel
imperative plur.1 schelt
participles schellend gescheld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
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Noun

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schellen

  1. plural of schel

References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “skaļš”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

German

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Etymology

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Merged from an Early New High German strong verb, Middle High German schellen, Old High German skellan, from Proto-West Germanic *skellan, from Proto-Germanic *skellaną, together with an Early New High German causative verb, Middle High German schellen, Old High German skellen, Proto-Germanic *skallijaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skel-, from *kelh₁- (to call, to shout, to make noise, to sound) with an extra s-mobile.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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schellen (weak, third-person singular present schellt, past tense schellte, past participle geschellt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (ergative) to ring
    • 2005, Aslı Sevindim, Candlelight Döner. Geschichten über meine deutsch-türkische Familie, Berlin: Ullstein, →ISBN, page 146:
      Ich habe bei unserer türkischen Nachbarin geschellt und mich bei ihr zum Tee eingeladen – ich weiß jetzt alles.
      I have rung at my Turkish neighbour and invited myself to tea – I now know all.

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “skaļš”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • schellen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schellen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schellen” in Duden online
  • schellen” in OpenThesaurus.de