schaal
From Middle Dutch scale, from Old Dutch *skala, from Proto-Germanic *skalō. Cognate with German Schale (“shell”), English shale and scale (“piece of hard skin”). Compare also Dutch schil, English shell.
schaal f (plural schalen, diminutive schaaltje n)
From Middle Dutch scale, from Old Dutch , from Proto-Germanic *skēlō, related to *skaljō (“husk, shell”). Cognate with German Schale (“bowl”).
schaal f (plural schalen, diminutive schaaltje n)
Borrowed from German Skala and/or English scale, from Latin scāla. The earlier borrowing Middle Dutch scale (“ladder”) had become very rare or was even lost entirely in early modern Dutch, implying that it was later reintroduced in the contemporary sense.
schaal f (plural schalen, diminutive schaaltje n)
schaal (strong nominative masculine singular schaaler, comparative schaaler, superlative am schaalsten)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist schaal | sie ist schaal | es ist schaal | sie sind schaal | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | schaaler | schaale | schaales | schaale |
genitive | schaalen | schaaler | schaalen | schaaler | |
dative | schaalem | schaaler | schaalem | schaalen | |
accusative | schaalen | schaale | schaales | schaale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der schaale | die schaale | das schaale | die schaalen |
genitive | des schaalen | der schaalen | des schaalen | der schaalen | |
dative | dem schaalen | der schaalen | dem schaalen | den schaalen | |
accusative | den schaalen | die schaale | das schaale | die schaalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein schaaler | eine schaale | ein schaales | (keine) schaalen |
genitive | eines schaalen | einer schaalen | eines schaalen | (keiner) schaalen | |
dative | einem schaalen | einer schaalen | einem schaalen | (keinen) schaalen | |
accusative | einen schaalen | eine schaale | ein schaales | (keine) schaalen |