Feminine

Schelle

Meaning

  1. (feminine) jingle bell, small bell
  2. (feminine, regional) doorbell
  3. (colloquial, feminine) a slap across the face

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schälle

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃɛlə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German schelle, from Old High German scella, from Proto-Germanic *skellǭ (“bell”), from Proto-Indo-European *skel- (“to sound; resound; ring”); see the related schellen (“to ring”) for more.

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