schal
German, adjective
schal is spelled S-C-H-A-L (5 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written German, the 11,837th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schal is a German adjective meaning “stale (of food and drink: having lost its taste through age, oxidation, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schal is a different word: “scarf”. With an umlaut, schäl is a different word: “singular imperative of schälen”.
What does schal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
stale (of food and drink: having lost its taste through age, oxidation, etc.)
schales Bier
- 2
dull, flat, insipid
noun
- 1
masculinescarf
- 2
masculineshawl
verb
- 1
singular imperative of schälen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. langes, schmales Tuch, das man sich um den Hals/auf die Schultern legt; mitunter breit, mit Bedeutungsübergang zu Shawl 2. lang herabhängende, schmale Übergardine
adverb: 1. nicht frisch, ohne Geschmack 2. ohne Geist
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 schal
- Schals genitive
- Schale plural uncommon
- Schalen dative definite plural
- Shawl alternative
- schaler masculine nominative singular
- am schalsten superlative
- schale feminine nominative singular
- schales neuter nominative singular
- schalen genitive masculine singular
- schalem dative masculine singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schal in German?
schal appears 5.2 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).