Schal

noun · /ʃaːl/ ·

Etymology

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

Translation

scarf masculine, strong
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
dull, flat, insipid figuratively