schal

See also: Schal

Dutch

Verb

schal

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

schal m (plural schallen, diminutive schalletje n)

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

German

Etymology

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 sceald (“shallow, flat”), whence modern English shallow and shoal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaːl/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: Schal

Adjective

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 Bier ― stale beer
  2. (figurative) dull, flat, insipid

Declension

Derived terms

  • Schalheit

Further reading

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