schal
Meaning
- stale (of food and drink: having lost its taste through age, oxidation, etc.)
- (figuratively) dull, flat, insipid
Synonyms
gehaltlos
geisttötend
inhaltsleer
kahmig
moderig
stupid
stupide
substanzlos
ohne Substanz
stockig
grau in grau
substanzarm
ohne Ausdruckskraft
ohne Überraschungen
nicht weiter der Rede wert
unspektakulär
nach nichts aussehen
unlebendig
bedeutungsleer
ohne Pointe
vermufft
wie Laternenpfahl ganz unten
das Gegenteil von …
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃaːl/
Etymology
In summary
From (late and northern) Middle High German schal (“tasteless, turbid”), borrowed from Middle Low German schal, from Proto-Germanic *skal-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to dry out”). Compare Swedish skäll (“thin, weak, bleak”), Old English sċeald (“shallow, flat”), whence modern English shallow and shoal.
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