schalk

See also: 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/

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• Hyphenation: schalk
• Rhymes: -ɑlk

Noun

schalk m (plural schalken, diminutive schalkje n)

1. A scoundrel, rascal, tomboy.
2. 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.

     Zelfs nu nog zijn er allerlei grappen en platte anecdotes bij het volk in omloop, welke behooren tot het leven van Uilenspiegel, dien boosaardigen schalk, spotter en bedrieger, die altijd zegeviert over zijne tegenstanders.

3. (Outdated) A knave, servant. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Synonyms

• (rascal): guit

Derived terms

• schalks
• seneschalk
• maarschalk

Descendants

• Negerhollands: skalk

Adjective

schalk (comparative schalker, superlative schalkst)

1. (obsolete) villainous, vile
2. (obsolete) deceitful, deceptive
3. (obsolete) cheeky, playfully teasing

   Synonym: schalks

Inflection

Declension of schalk
uninflected	schalk
inflected	schalke
comparative	schalker
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		schalk	schalker	het schalkst het schalkste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	schalke	schalkere	schalkste
	n. sing.	schalk	schalker	schalkste
	plural	schalke	schalkere	schalkste
definite		schalke	schalkere	schalkste
partitive		schalks	schalkers	—

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English cealc.

Noun

schalk

1. Alternative form of chalk

Etymology 2

From Old English scealc, from Proto-West Germanic *skalk.

Alternative forms

• schalke, schalkke, shalk, scalk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃalk/
• Rhymes: -alk

Noun

schalk (plural schalkes)

1. A male adult human; a grown man.
2. A fighter or combatant, especially one of noble birth.
3. (rare) A mythological or monstrous humanoid.
4. (rare) A attendant; one who acts as a servant.

Descendants

• English: shalk
• Scots: schalk, schak, schaik

References

• “shalk(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-30.