Schale

See also: schale and schäle

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːlə/

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• Rhymes: -aːlə

Etymology 1

From Middle High German schale, from Old High German scala, from Proto-West Germanic *skalu, from Proto-Germanic *skalō. Cognate with Dutch schaal (“shell”) and English shale. Also related with Dutch schil, English shell.

Noun

Schale f (genitive Schale, plural Schalen, diminutive Schälchen n)

1. peel; husk; shell (outer layer)
2. shell; scallop
3. (hunting) hoof
4. (figurative, colloquial) (fine) clothing

   sich in Schale werfen ― to dress up

Declension

Declension of Schale [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schale	die	Schalen
genitive	einer	der	Schale	der	Schalen
dative	einer	der	Schale	den	Schalen
accusative	eine	die	Schale	die	Schalen

Hyponyms

peel, skin, shell

• Apfelschale
• Apfelsinenschale
• Bananenschale
• Birnenschale
• Eierschale
• Fruchtschale
• Kartoffelschale
• Zwiebelschale

scale, dish, bowl

• Blechschale
• Goldschale
• Milchschale
• Obstschale
• Petrischale
• Waagschale
• Zuckerschale

Derived terms

• harte Schale, weicher Kern
• schälen
• Schalentier
• Schalenwild
• verschalen

Related terms

• Schellfisch

Etymology 2

From Middle High German schāle, from Old High German scāla, from Proto-Germanic *skēlō, related to *skaljō (“husk, shell”). Cognate with Dutch schaal (“bowl”).

Noun

Schale f (genitive Schale, plural Schalen, diminutive Schälchen n)

2. dish (shallow container)
3. bowl; cup (roughly hemispherical container)
4. scale (dish of a balance)

Declension

Declension of Schale [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schale	die	Schalen
genitive	einer	der	Schale	der	Schalen
dative	einer	der	Schale	den	Schalen
accusative	eine	die	Schale	die	Schalen

Derived terms

• schalenförmig
• Waagschale

Descendants

• → Serbo-Croatian: šolja

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Schale

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Schal

Further reading

• “Schale” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schale” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Schale” in Duden online