Schild

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Schild. === Proper noun === Schild (plural Schilds) A surname from German. === Anagrams === Childs, childs == Alemannic German == === Noun === Schild m (Uri) A triangle-shaped snow deposition formed as a result of a small avalanche. === References === Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 18. == Dutch == === Etymology === From schild. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Schild n (astronomy) Scutum == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Schild. === Proper noun === Schild ? a surname from German == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German schilt m (“shield”) (genitive schiltes or schildes), from Old High German skilt, from Proto-West Germanic *skeldu, from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keyt- (“shield, cover”). Cognate with Dutch schild, English shield, Danish skjold. The -ld- is due to sporadic revoicing, reinforced by unshifted forms in Central and Low German (cf. dulden, Geld etc.). The neuter gender spread southward from Middle Low German schilt. It established itself in general Standard German for the derived sense “sign”, but not for the traditional sense “shield”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃɪlt/ Homophone: schilt === Noun === Schild n (strong, genitive Schildes or Schilds, plural Schilder or Schilde, diminutive Schildchen n or Schildlein n or (rare, also Ruhrpöttisch) Schildken n) sign, plate (flat surface bearing information) (often also diminutive) label, tag (piece of paper etc. on a product) Synonym: Etikett (nonstandard or informal, northern and central Germany) alternative form of Schild (“shield, protector”, noun 2 below) ==== Usage notes ==== In official use, Schild in the sense of “shield, protector” is exclusively masculine. However, in northern and central Germany the word is also used in the neuter form (plural Schilder) with no difference made between the senses. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === Schild m (strong, genitive Schildes or Schilds, plural Schilde, diminutive Schildlein n) shield, buckler (defensive weapon) (figurative) protection, protector (heraldry) shield ==== Usage notes ==== See above. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Proper noun === Schild m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Schilds or (with an article) Schild, plural Schilds or Schild) a surname ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “Schild”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Schild (Schutzwaffe, Schirm)” in Duden online “Schild (Tafel, Platte, Fleck)” in Duden online “Schild” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Schild” in OpenThesaurus.de Schild on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Schild”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 == Hunsrik == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃilt/ Rhymes: -ilt Syllabification: Schild === Noun === Schild m (plural Schild) shield === Noun === Schild n (plural Schild) sign === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Schild”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Schild. === Proper noun === Schild m or f by sense a surname from German == Low German == === Noun === Schild n sign, label === Noun === Schild m shield == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === From Middle High German schilt, from Old High German scilt, scild, from Proto-West Germanic *skeldu (“shield”), from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keyt-, *(s)keyd-, *keyt- (“shield, cover”). Compare German Schild, Dutch schild, English shield, Danish skjold. === Noun === Schild n (plural Schilder) shield sign == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from German Schild. === Proper noun === Schild m or f by sense a surname from German == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Schild. === Proper noun === Schild m or f by sense a surname from German