scheel

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch scelu, scele, from Old Dutch *skelo, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh, from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (to lean, bend; joint).

Cognates include German scheel, Old English sceolh, Old Norse skjalgr, Latin scelus (crime) and Ancient Greek σκολιός (skoliós), σκαληνός (skalēnós).

Adjective

scheel (comparative scheler, superlative scheelst)

  1. cross-eyed, squinting
  2. crooked, bent, not straight
  3. (figurative sense) with an envious or jealous look
  4. (of a pain or painful issue) severe
  5. (uncommon) sour, tart
Declension
Declension of scheel
uninflected scheel
inflected schele
comparative scheler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial scheel scheler het scheelst
het scheelste
indefinite m./f. sing. schele schelere scheelste
n. sing. scheel scheler scheelste
plural schele schelere scheelste
definite schele schelere scheelste
partitive scheels schelers
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: skeel
  • Papiamentu: skel, skeel

Verb

scheel

  1. inflection of schelen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch schelen. Cognates include Old English scilian (secrete), Old Norse skila (decide).

Verb

scheel

  1. inflection of schelen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Noun

scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

  1. (obsolete) a difference
  2. (obsolete) a dispute, difference of opinion, conflict
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Contracted form of schedel.

Noun

scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

  1. a skull; a death's-head
  2. a mound's crest or crown

Noun

scheel n (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

  1. a lid, cover
  2. an eyelid, cover
  3. a measure of volume, a quarter of a 'mud', equivalent to a 'schepel'

Etymology 4

From Middle Dutch schedel (parting), from scheiden (to part, divide, split).

Noun

scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

  1. (obsolete) a parting of the hair
  2. (obsolete) a hairstyle of the hair
  3. (obsolete) a plait of hair
Synonyms

Verb

scheel

  1. inflection of schelen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Etymology 5

Alternative form of scheil. See scheiden (to separate).

Noun

scheel n (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

  1. a mesentery, membrane which keeps an intestine in place

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German schēle and northern Middle High German schel, from Old High German skelah, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh, from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (to lean, bend; joint). The predominant High German form was Middle High German schelch, -hes, Old High German skelah, whence obsolete German schelch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃeːl/
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Adjective

scheel (strong nominative masculine singular scheeler, comparative scheeler, superlative am scheelsten)

  1. cross-eyed
    Synonyms: schielend, schieläugig
  2. squinting
  3. (commonest sense) with a crooked look; looking disdainfully or aggressively from the side
    ein scheeler Blicka dirty look

Declension

Further reading

  • scheel” in Duden online
  • scheel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German schēle, from Old Saxon *skelh, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh.

Adjective

scheel

  1. squint-eyed
  2. bridle-shy