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schälen

German, verb

schälen is a German verb meaning “to peel; to pare; to husk; to skin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Schalen is a different word: “plural of Schale”. Without its umlaut, schalen is a different word: “strong genitive masculine/neuter singular”. With a capital, Schälen is a different word: “gerund of schälen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas von einer Schale, Haut, Hülle, Pelle befreien; eine Schale, Haut, Hülle, Pelle beseitigen, entfernen”.

What does schälen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to peel; to pare; to husk; to skin

  2. 2

    to peel off

noun

as Schalen
  1. 1

    plural of Schale

adjective

as schalen
  1. 1

    masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular

  2. 2

    weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular

  3. 3

    masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular

  4. 4

    strong dative plural

  5. 5

    weak/mixed all-case plural

noun

as Schälen
  1. 1

    neutergerund of schälen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. etwas von einer Schale, Haut, Hülle, Pelle befreien; eine Schale, Haut, Hülle, Pelle beseitigen, entfernen

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of schälen

  • schält present singular third-person
  • schälte past
  • geschält participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • schälend participle present
  • schäle first-person indicative present
  • schälst indicative present second-person
  • schälest second-person singular subjunctive
  • schälet plural second-person subjunctive
  • schälten first-person indicative plural
  • schältest indicative preterite second-person
  • schältet indicative plural preterite
  • schäl imperative second-person singular
  • habe geschält first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben geschält first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • schäl! imperative singular
  • schält! imperative plural
  • geschält haben active infinitive perfect

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to schälen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is schälen in German?

schälen appears 3.0 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).