scheel

• IPA^(key): /sxeːl/
• Rhymes: -eːl

From Middle Dutch scelu, scele, from Old Dutch *skelo, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh, from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to lean, bend; joint”).

Cognates include Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Old English sceolh, Old Norse skjalgr, Latin scelus (“crime”) and Ancient Greek σκολιός (skoliós), σκαληνός (skalēnós).

scheel (comparative scheler, superlative scheelst)

1. cross-eyed, squinting
2. crooked, bent, not straight
3. (figurative sense) with an envious or jealous look
4. (of a pain or painful issue) severe
5. (uncommon) sour, tart

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• (crooked): krom, scheef, schuin
• (sour): wrang

• schelaard, schelerd
• scheelheid, scheligheid
• scheelachtig
• scheelhoeks
• scheeloog; scheelogig
• scheelte
• schelig

• Negerhollands: skeel
• → Papiamentu: skel, skeel

scheel

1. inflection of schelen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

From Middle Dutch schelen. Cognates include Old English scilian (“secrete”), Old Norse skila (“decide”).

scheel

1. inflection of schelen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

1. (obsolete) A difference
2. (obsolete) A dispute, difference of opinion, conflict

• verschil
• geschil, conflict, dispuut

Contracted form of schedel.

scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

1. A skull; a death's-head
2. A mound's crest or crown

scheel n (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

1. A lid, cover
2. An eyelid, cover
3. A measure of volume, a quarter of a 'mud', equivalent to a 'schepel'

From Middle Dutch schedel (“parting”), from scheiden (“to part, divide, split”).

scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

1. (obsolete) A parting of the hair
2. (obsolete) A hairstyle of the hair
3. (obsolete) A plait of hair

• (parting): scheiding
• (hairstyle): kapsel
• (hair plait): vlecht, tres

scheel

1. inflection of schelen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Alternative form of scheil. See scheiden (“to separate”).

scheel n (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

1. A mesentery, membrane which keeps an intestine in place

• schele

From Middle Low German schēle and northern Middle High German schel, from Old High German skelah, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh, from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to lean, bend; joint”). The predominant High German form was Middle High German schelch, -hes, Old High German skelah, whence obsolete German schelch.

• IPA^(key): /ʃeːl/

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scheel (strong nominative masculine singular scheeler, comparative scheeler, superlative am scheelsten)

1. cross-eyed

   Synonyms: schielend, schieläugig

2. squinting
3. (commonest sense) with a crooked look; looking disdainfully or aggressively from the side

   ein scheeler Blick ― a dirty look

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• “scheel” in Duden online
• “scheel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Middle Low German schēle, from Old Saxon *skelh, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh.

scheel

1. squint-eyed
2. bridle-shy