schal

== Dutch == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== schal inflection of schallen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Etymology 2 === See the verb schellen (“to ring a bell”). Cognate with German Schall. ==== Noun ==== schal m (plural schallen, diminutive schalletje n) (poetic, dated) a resonating sound or noise ===== Synonyms ===== galm, geschal, weerklank == 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 sċeald (“shallow, flat”), whence modern English shallow and shoal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃaːl/ Homophone: Schal === Adjective === schal (strong nominative masculine singular schaler, comparative schaler, superlative am schalsten) stale (of food and drink: having lost its taste through age, oxidation, etc.) Synonym: abgestanden schales Bier ― stale beer (figurative) dull, flat, insipid ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Schalheit === Further reading === “schal”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “schal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “schal” in Duden online == North Frisian == === Verb === schal first/third-person singular present of schale == Swedish == === Noun === schal c alternative form of sjal ==== Declension ==== === References === “schal”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “schal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)