schil

Dutch

Alternative forms

• schel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sxɪl/
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• Hyphenation: schil
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch schelle, schille, from Old Dutch *skella, from Proto-West Germanic *skallju, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō.

Cognate with Middle Low German schelle, English shell, Old Norse skel, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 (skalja).

Noun

schil f or m (plural schillen, diminutive schilletje n)

1. peel, rind, skin, bark
2. crust (soil)
3. shell (egg or mollusc)
4. (obsolete) slice
5. (obsolete) membrane covering the eye; used figuratively in the absolute plural (de schillen) for (mental) blindness

Derived terms

• appelschil
• bananenschil
• peulschil (mainly used figuratively)
• schelvis

Descendants

• Afrikaans: skel, skil
• Negerhollands: skel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

schil

1. inflection of schillen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative