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Schale

German, noun

Schale is spelled S-C-H-A-L-E (6 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written German, the 8,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schale is a German feminine noun meaning “peel; husk; shell (outer layer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Schal. On this page, schäle is a different word: “first-person singular present”. In lower case, schale is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine feste Schutzhülle, zum Beispiel bei Früchten, Samen, Vogeleiern, Lebensmitteln”.

What does Schale mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepeel; husk; shell (outer layer)

  2. 2

    feminineshell; scallop

  3. 3

    femininehoof

  4. 4

    colloquialfeminine(fine) clothing

    sich in Schale werfen

noun

  1. 1

    femininedish (shallow container)

  2. 2

    femininebowl; cup (roughly hemispherical container)

    die Schale des Zornes

  3. 3

    femininescale (dish of a balance)

noun

  1. 1

    nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Schal

verb

as schäle
  1. 1

    first-person singular present

  2. 2

    first/third-person singular subjunctive I

  3. 3

    singular imperative

adjective

as schale
  1. 1

    femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular

  2. 2

    strong nominative/accusative plural

  3. 3

    weak nominative all-gender singular

  4. 4

    feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. eine feste Schutzhülle, zum Beispiel bei Früchten, Samen, Vogeleiern, Lebensmitteln 2. eine Panzerhülle bei bestimmten Tieren 3. ein Gefäß für verschiedene Zweckbestimmungen in der Form einer (abgeflachten) halbierten Hohlkugel oder anderer Rotationskörper ursprünglich von dieser hergeleitet und an die menschliche Schädelform angelehnt 4. die Klaue(n) des Schalenwildes

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 Schale

  • Schalen plural
  • Schälchen diminutive neuter

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

English words that translate to Schale

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

How common is Schale in German?

Schale appears 8.1 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).

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