scheel

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sxeːl/ Rhymes: -eːl === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch scelu, scele, from Old Dutch *skelo, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh, from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to lean, bend; joint”). Cognates include German scheel, Old English sceolh, Old Norse skjalgr, Latin scelus (“crime”) and Ancient Greek σκολιός (skoliós), σκαληνός (skalēnós). ==== Adjective ==== scheel (comparative scheler, superlative scheelst) cross-eyed, squinting crooked, bent, not straight (figurative sense) with an envious or jealous look (of a pain or painful issue) severe (uncommon) sour, tart ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== (crooked): krom, scheef, schuin (sour): wrang ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Negerhollands: skeel → Ambonese Malay: skeleng → Manado Malay: skel → Papiamentu: skel, skeel ==== Verb ==== scheel inflection of schelen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch schelen. Cognates include Old English scilian (“secrete”), Old Norse skila (“decide”). ==== Verb ==== scheel inflection of schelen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative ==== Noun ==== scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n) (obsolete) a difference (obsolete) a dispute, difference of opinion, conflict ===== Synonyms ===== verschil geschil, conflict, dispuut === Etymology 3 === Contracted form of schedel. ==== Noun ==== scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n) a skull; a death's-head a mound's crest or crown ==== Noun ==== scheel n (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n) a lid, cover an eyelid, cover a measure of volume, a quarter of a 'mud', equivalent to a 'schepel' === Etymology 4 === From Middle Dutch schedel (“parting”), from scheiden (“to part, divide, split”). ==== Noun ==== scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n) (obsolete) a parting of the hair (obsolete) a hairstyle of the hair (obsolete) a plait of hair ===== Synonyms ===== (parting): scheiding (hairstyle): kapsel (hair plait): vlecht, tres ==== Verb ==== scheel inflection of schelen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Etymology 5 === Alternative form of scheil. See scheiden (“to separate”). ==== Noun ==== scheel n (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n) a mesentery, membrane which keeps an intestine in place === Anagrams === schele == German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German schēle and northern Middle High German schel, from Old High German skelah, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh, from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to lean, bend; joint”). The predominant High German form was Middle High German schelch, -hes, Old High German skelah, whence obsolete German schelch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃeːl/ === Adjective === scheel (strong nominative masculine singular scheeler, comparative scheeler, superlative am scheelsten) cross-eyed Synonyms: schielend, schieläugig squinting (commonest sense) with a crooked look; looking disdainfully or aggressively from the side ein scheeler Blick ― a dirty look ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “scheel” in Duden online “scheel”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === From Middle Low German schēle, from Old Saxon *skelh, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh. === Adjective === scheel squint-eyed bridle-shy