Masculine

Scheitel

Meaning

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

Synonyms

Kegelspitze

Kulminationspunkt

Trennungslinie

Zwischenlinie

Kernreiter

Wurzelspitze

Mittelscheitel

Haarscheitel

Seitenscheitel

Seitenbein

Scheitelzelle

Bergkamm

apical

Frequency

38k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

wääg

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

wäägli

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as
Schei‧tel
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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