schellen

• IPA^(key): /ˈsxɛ.lə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: schel‧len
• Rhymes: -ɛlən

Cognate with schillen. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

schellen

1. (transitive, dated) to peel
2. (intransitive, dated) to be peeled

• schillen

schellen

1. plural of schel

From Middle Dutch scellen, from Old Dutch skellan, from Proto-Germanic *skellan, *skaljan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skel-, from *kelh₁- (“to call, to shout, to make noise, to sound”) with an extra s-mobile.^[1]

schellen

2. (intransitive) to ring a bell
3. (transitive) to summon by ringing a bell
4. (intransitive) to make the sound of a bell

• (use a bell): bellen
• (summon by bell): bellen
• (sound like a bell): klingelen

• schelinrichting
• schelrad n

schellen

1. plural of schel

Merged from an Early New High German strong verb, Middle High German schellen, Old High German skellan, from Proto-West Germanic *skellan, from Proto-Germanic *skellaną, together with an Early New High German causative verb, Middle High German schellen, Old High German skellen, Proto-Germanic *skallijaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skel-, from *kelh₁- (“to call, to shout, to make noise, to sound”) with an extra s-mobile.^[1]

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schellen (weak, third-person singular present schellt, past tense schellte, past participle geschellt, auxiliary haben)

1. (ergative) to ring
   • 2005, Aslı Sevindim, Candlelight Döner. Geschichten über meine deutsch-türkische Familie, Berlin: Ullstein, →ISBN, page 146:

     Ich habe bei unserer türkischen Nachbarin geschellt und mich bei ihr zum Tee eingeladen – ich weiß jetzt alles.

     I have rung at my Turkish neighbour and invited myself to tea – I now know all.

• “schellen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “schellen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “schellen” in Duden online
• “schellen” in OpenThesaurus.de