schalk

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch schalc, from Old Dutch skalk, from Frankish *skalk, from Proto-Germanic *skalkaz (“servant, knight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cleave, separate, part, divide”). Cognate to English shalk, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 (skalks). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sxɑlk/ Hyphenation: schalk Rhymes: -ɑlk === Noun === schalk m (plural schalken, diminutive schalkje n) a scoundrel, rascal, tomboy a prankster, trickster 1909, W. de Hoo Az., Studiën over de 'Nederlandsche en Engelsche taal en letterkunde en haar wederzijdschen invloed, publ. by J. P. Revers, 36. ==== Synonyms ==== (rascal): guit ==== Derived terms ==== schalks seneschalk maarschalk ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: skalk === Adjective === schalk (comparative schalker, superlative schalkst) (obsolete) villainous, vile (obsolete) deceitful, deceptive (obsolete) cheeky, playfully teasing Synonym: schalks ==== Declension ==== == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English scealc, from Proto-West Germanic *skalk. ==== Alternative forms ==== scalk, schalke, schalkke, shalk ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ʃalk/ (late) IPA(key): /ʃau̯lk/ Rhymes: -alk ==== Noun ==== schalk (plural schalkes) A male adult human; a grown man. A fighter or combatant, especially one of noble birth. (rare) A mythological or monstrous humanoid. (rare) An attendant; one who acts as a servant. ===== Descendants ===== English: shalk Middle Scots: schalk, schak, schaik ===== References ===== “shalk(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 December 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== schalk alternative form of chalk