scheel
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]| Declension of scheel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | scheel | |||
| inflected | schele | |||
| comparative | scheler | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | scheel | scheler | het scheelst het scheelste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | schele | schelere | scheelste |
| n. sing. | scheel | scheler | scheelste | |
| plural | schele | schelere | scheelste | |
| definite | schele | schelere | scheelste | |
| partitive | scheels | schelers | — | |
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[edit]Verb
[edit]scheel
- inflection of schelen:
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle Dutch schelen. Cognates include Old English scilian (“secrete”), Old Norse skila (“decide”).
Verb
[edit]scheel
- inflection of schelen:
Noun
[edit]scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)
- (obsolete) a difference
- (obsolete) a dispute, difference of opinion, conflict
Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Contracted form of schedel.
Noun
[edit]scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)
- a skull; a death's-head
- a mound's crest or crown
Noun
[edit]scheel n (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)
Etymology 4
[edit]From Middle Dutch schedel (“parting”), from scheiden (“to part, divide, split”).
Noun
[edit]scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)
Synonyms
[edit]Verb
[edit]scheel
- inflection of schelen:
Etymology 5
[edit]Alternative form of scheil. See scheiden (“to separate”).
Noun
[edit]scheel n (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)
Anagrams
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Adjective
[edit]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
[edit]Further reading
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German schēle, from Old Saxon *skelh, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh.
Adjective
[edit]scheel
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