Schal

noun · /ʃaːl/ ·

Etymology

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

Translation

scarf masculine, strong

Sie sollten ihr Bier trinken, bevor es schal wird.

Please drink the beer before it goes flat.

Beth beschuldigte ihre Schwester Sally, ihren Schal zerrissen zu haben.

Beth accused her sister, Sally, of tearing her scarf.

Das Mädchen trug einen langen Schal um den Hals.

The girl had a long scarf around her neck.
scarf source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
scarf source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en
shawl masculine, strong, uncommon

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Schal	Schals
Accusative	Schal	Schals
Dative	Schal	Schals
Genitive	Schals	Schals

schal

adj · /ʃaːl/ ·

Etymology

From (late and northern) Middle High German schal (“tasteless, turbid”), borrowed from Middle Low German schal, from Proto-Germanic *skal-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to dry out”). Compare Swedish skäll (“thin, weak, bleak”), Old English sċeald (“shallow, flat”), whence modern English shallow and shoal.

Translation

stale (of food and drink: having lost its taste through age, oxidation, etc.)

schales Bier

stale beer
bland source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
flat source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
dull, flat, insipid figuratively