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Schell

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English

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Etymology

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German surname, from the adjective Schelle ("jingle bell"). Compare Shell.

Proper noun

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Schell

  1. A surname.

Hunsrik

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /'Sel/
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: Schell

Etymology 1

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From Middle High German schelle, from Old High German skella; related to scellan ("to ring, sound"), from Proto-West Germanic *skellan ("to ring, clatter, sound out").

Noun

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Schell f (plural Schelle)

  1. bell
    Heerst-du dem Bellsnickel sein Schell?
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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Schell m

  1. plural of Schall

Further reading

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  • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), "Schell", in Dicionario Hunsriqueano Riograndense-Portugues, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German schelle, from Old High German skella; related to scellan ("to ring, sound"), from Proto-West Germanic *skellan ("to ring, clatter, sound out").

Cognate with German Schelle, Dutch schel. Related to the verb schalen ("to resound, to echo").

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Schell f (plural Schellen)

  1. (small) bell

Synonyms

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Plautdietsch

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German schelden ("to scold"), from Old Saxon *skeldan, from Proto-Germanic *skeldana.

Noun

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Schell f (plural --)

  1. scolding, reprimand

Rhine Franconian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German schelle, from Old High German scella ("little bell"), related to scellan ("to ring, sound"), from Proto-Germanic *skellan- and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh1- ("to shout, call").

Noun

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Schell ?

  1. (Palatine) bell