Schild

Schild m

1. (Uri) A triangle-shaped snow deposition formed as a result of a small avalanche.

• “Schild” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 18.

From schild.

Schild n

1. (astronomy) Scutum

From Middle High German schilt, from Old High German scilt, scild, from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keyt-, *(s)keyd-, *keyt- (“shield, cover”). Compare Dutch schild, English shield, Danish skjold.

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪlt/

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• Homophone: schilt

Schild m or n (genitive Schilds or Schildes, plural Schilde)

1. shield, buckler

In official use (Standard German), the word Schild in this sense is exclusively masculine. However, in large parts of Germany, namely Northern and Central Germany, the word is also used in the neuter variant (plural Schilder) with no difference made between shield and sign. [1]

• Schildbürger

Schild n (genitive Schilds or Schildes, plural Schilder)

1. sign, plate

• IPA^(key): /ʃilt/

Schild m (plural Schild)

1. shield

Schild n (plural Schild)

1. sign

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Middle High German schilt, from Old High German scilt, scild, from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keyt-, *(s)keyd-, *keyt- (“shield, cover”). Compare German Schild, Dutch schild, English shield, Danish skjold.

Schild n (plural Schilder)

1. shield
2. sign