Feminine
🐚

schaal

Meaning

shell (of an egg or a nut)

Concepts

shell
🐚
scale
bowl
husk
dish
hull
carapace
peel
bark
basin
skin
platter
plate
valve
pelvis
crust
cup
pan
pool
reservoir
shuck
tube
gamut
escallop
eggshell
slab
test
jimp
lank
dishes
testa
jejune
Synonyms

kom
A1
schil
20k
schotel
C1
schelp
C2
🐚

bowl

schors
C2
dop
C2
🐚

eierschaal

kinkhoorn

slakkehuis

huisje
B2
boomschors
bekken
C2
stroomgebied
verhouding
B2
vijver
C1
vont
weegschaal
C2
omhulsel
C2
bassin
30k

schaalverdeling

bun

bak
B1
bast
33k
eierdop
houder
21k
klep
C1
korf
25k
🧺
ladder
C1
🪜

radiolamp

rugschild
scala
26k
schild
B2
🛡️
toonladder

toonschaal

vat
B2
ventiel
36k
peul
46k
🫛
Translations

Schale
échelle
🪜
Skala
cáscara
casca
escala
🪜
bol
Maßstab
Borke
Muschel
coquille
🐚
Hülse
coque
🐚
Rinde
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sxaːl/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch
scale
Inherited from Old Dutch
*skala
Cognate with German
German
Schale
Cognate with English
English
shale
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
schil
Cognate with English
English
shell
Borrowed from German
German
Skala
Borrowed from English
English
scale
Cognate with Middle Dutch
scale
In summary

From Middle Dutch scale, from Old Dutch *skala, from Proto-West Germanic *skalu, from Proto-Germanic *skalō. Cognate with German Schale (“shell”), English shale and scale (“piece of hard skin”). Compare also Dutch schil, English shell.

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