Scheitel

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German scheitele, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German sceitila, skeitila (“crest, summit, hill”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *skaidlō, *skaidilō (“top, crown, summit”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *skeyt- (“to cut, part, separate”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaɪ̯tl̩/
  • Hyphenation: Schei‧tel
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Noun

Scheitel m (genitive Scheitels, plural Scheitel)

  1. (hair) parting
  2. (mathematics) maximum, apex

Declension

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Further reading

  • “Scheitel” in Duden online
  • “Scheitel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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