schal

Meaning

1. stale (of food and drink: having lost its taste through age, oxidation, etc.)
2. (figuratively) dull, flat, insipid

Concepts

insipid

tasteless

stale

vapid

flat

dull

hoared

vinnewed

hoary

moldy

mouldy

musty

scarf

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Synonyms

fade

geschmacklos

fad

abgestanden

farblos

flach

muffig

reizlos

lasch

gehaltlos

geistlos

geisttötend

grau

inhaltsleer

kahmig

langatmig

langweilig

moderig

modrig

monoton

nichtssagend

öde

platt

schimmelig

schnöde

stupid

stupide

trocken

trostlos

unauffällig

unbedeutend

unscheinbar

witzlos

labberig

schablonenhaft

trist

verhalten

substanzlos

vorhersagbar

öd

ohne Substanz

stockig

schimmlig

konturlos

grau in grau

substanzarm

ohne Ausdruckskraft

ohne Überraschungen

nicht weiter der Rede wert

unspektakulär

Translations

insipido

insípido

desabrido

soso

insipide

bayat

fade

plat

senza sapore

sciarpa

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fichu

sgasata

fadasse

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃaːl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: schal

Cognate with Swedish: skäll

Cognate with Old English: sċeald

Cognate with English: shallow

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.