Masculine

Scheitel

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) parting
  2. (masculine, strong) crown, vertex (of the head)
  3. (masculine, strong) maximum, apex

Frequency

38k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

wääg

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

wäägli

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃaɪ̯tl̩/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German scheitele, from Old High German sceitila, skeitila (“crest, summit, hill”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaidlu, *skaidilu (“top, crown, summit”).

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