Schall

Meaning

1. (masculine,strong) sound
2. (masculine,strong) a resonating sound, one that is either very loud or reverberant

Concepts

sound

🔉

echo

noise

clangour

din

mesomerism

resonance

ringing

ton

vociferation

voice

sympathetic vibration

Chinese-derived character reading

acoustic

sound

🔉

are

clangor

Synonyms

Ton

Klang

🔉

Laut

🔉

Hall

Geräusch

Lärm

Getöse

Stimme

Timbre

Töne

Klingeln

Läuten

Mesomerie

Rauschen

тембрKlang

Vox

Lautwert

Laut, Klang, Hall, Schall

akustisch

Hall, Laut, Klang, Schall

Geläut

Klänge

Klangfarbe

Krach

läuten

💍

phonetisch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃal/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: schal

Inherited from Old High German: scal

Cognate with Dutch: schal

Cognate with Swedish: skall

Cognate with English: low

In summary

From Middle High German schal, from Old High German scal, from Proto-West Germanic *skellan, from Proto-Germanic *skellaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, shout”).
Cognate with Dutch schal and Swedish skall. Compare English low (“to moo”).