scheel

See also: Scheel

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sxeːl/
• Rhymes: -eːl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch scelu, scele, from Old Dutch *skelo, 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

scheel (comparative scheler, superlative scheelst)

1. cross-eyed, squinting
2. crooked, bent, not straight
3. (figurative sense) with an envious or jealous look
4. (of a pain or painful issue) severe
5. (uncommon) sour, tart

Inflection

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	—

Synonyms

• (crooked): krom, scheef, schuin
• (sour): wrang

Derived terms

• schelaard, schelerd
• scheelheid, scheligheid
• scheelachtig
• scheelhoeks
• scheeloog; scheelogig
• scheelte
• schelig

Verb

scheel

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of schelen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of schelen

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch schelen. Cognates include Old English scilian (“secrete”), Old Norse skila (“decide”).

Verb

scheel

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of schelen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of schelen

Noun

scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

1. (obsolete) A difference
2. (obsolete) A dispute, difference of opinion, conflict

Synonyms

• verschil
• geschil, conflict, dispuut

Etymology 3

Contracted form of schedel.

Noun

scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

1. A skull; a death's-head
2. A mound's crest or crown

Noun

scheel n (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

1. A lid, cover
2. An eyelid, cover
3. A measure of volume, a quarter of a 'mud', equivalent to a 'schepel'

Etymology 4

From Middle Dutch schedel (“parting”), from scheiden (“to part, divide, split”).

Noun

scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

1. (obsolete) A parting of the hair
2. (obsolete) A hairstyle of the hair
3. (obsolete) A plait of hair

Synonyms

• (parting): scheiding
• (hairstyle): kapsel
• (hair plait): vlecht, tres

Verb

scheel

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of schelen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of schelen

Etymology 5

Alternative form of scheil.

Noun

scheel n (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

1. A mesentery, membrane which keeps an intestine in place

Anagrams

• schele

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German

Etymology

From Middle Low German schēle and northern Middle High German schel, -wes, 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

• IPA^(key): /ʃeːl/

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Adjective

scheel (comparative scheeler, superlative am scheelsten)

1. cross-eyed

   Synonyms: schielend, schieläugig

2. squinting
3. (commonest sense) with a crooked look; looking disdainfully or aggressively from the side

   ein scheeler Blick ― a dirty look

Further reading

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