schaal
Carolinian
editNoun
editschaal
References
editDutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Dutch scale, from Old Dutch *skala, from Proto-Germanic *skalō. Cognate with German Schale (“shell”), English shale and scale (“piece of hard skin”). Compare also Dutch schil, English shell.
Noun
editschaal f (plural schalen, diminutive schaaltje n)
- shell (of an egg or a nut)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editA fruit bowl.
From Middle Dutch scale, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *skēlō, related to *skaljō (“husk, shell”). Cognate with German Schale (“bowl”).
Noun
editschaal f (plural schalen, diminutive schaaltje n)
- shallow bowl
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Berbice Creole Dutch: skalki, skaliki
- Negerhollands: skel, skael
- → Papiamentu: skalchi (from the diminutive)
Etymology 3
editThe scale of a map is found mostly under the legend.
Borrowed from German Skala and/or English scale, from Latin scāla. The earlier borrowing Middle Dutch scale (“ladder”) had become very rare or was even lost entirely in early modern Dutch, implying that it was later reintroduced in the contemporary sense.
Noun
editschaal f (plural schalen, diminutive schaaltje n)
- scale (e.g. for measuring)
Derived terms
editGerman
editAdjective
editschaal (strong nominative masculine singular schaaler, comparative schaaler, superlative am schaalsten)
- Obsolete spelling of schal which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.
- 1878, Friedrich Nietzsche, Menschliches, Allzumenschliches […] [Human, All Too Human][1], section 606:
- Die mässigeren Empfindungen erscheinen dagegen schaal; man will, wie es scheint, die heftigere Unlust immer noch lieber als die matte Lust.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
editnumber & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist schaal | sie ist schaal | es ist schaal | sie sind schaal | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | schaaler | schaale | schaales | schaale |
genitive | schaalen | schaaler | schaalen | schaaler | |
dative | schaalem | schaaler | schaalem | schaalen | |
accusative | schaalen | schaale | schaales | schaale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der schaale | die schaale | das schaale | die schaalen |
genitive | des schaalen | der schaalen | des schaalen | der schaalen | |
dative | dem schaalen | der schaalen | dem schaalen | den schaalen | |
accusative | den schaalen | die schaale | das schaale | die schaalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein schaaler | eine schaale | ein schaales | (keine) schaalen |
genitive | eines schaalen | einer schaalen | eines schaalen | (keiner) schaalen | |
dative | einem schaalen | einer schaalen | einem schaalen | (keinen) schaalen | |
accusative | einen schaalen | eine schaale | ein schaales | (keine) schaalen |
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