Schal

See also: schal

German

Alternative forms

• Shawl

Etymology

Borrowed from English shawl, from Persian شال (šâl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːl/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

Schal m (strong, genitive Schals, plural Schals or (less common) Schale)

1. scarf
2. (less common) shawl

   Synonyms: Tuch, Schultertuch, Umschlagtuch

Usage notes

• The most common plural form is Schals.

Declension

Declension of Schal [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schal	die	Schals, Schale1
genitive	eines	des	Schals	der	Schals, Schale1
dative	einem	dem	Schal	den	Schals, Schalen1
accusative	einen	den	Schal	die	Schals, Schale1

¹Less common.

Further reading

• “Schal”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Schal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Schal” in Duden online
• Schal on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Anagrams

• Lachs, lasch

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Schal, from English shawl, from Persian شال (šâl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

Schal m (plural Schaler)

1. scarf

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German schelle, from Old Saxon *skellia, from Proto-West Germanic *skallju (“scale, shell”).

Noun

Schal f (plural Schalen)

1. peel, rind, hull
2. crust

Derived terms

• Aupelschal
• Nätschal

Related terms

• schalen

See also

• Schol