schaal

schaal

1. water

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• Rhymes: -aːl

From Middle Dutch scale, from Proto-Germanic *skalō. Cognate with German Schale (“shell”), English shale and scale (“piece of hard skin”). Compare also Dutch schil, English shell.

schaal f (plural schalen, diminutive schaaltje n)

1. shell (of an egg or a nut)

Een fruitschaal.
A fruit bowl.

From Middle Dutch scale, from Proto-Germanic *skēlō. Cognate with German Schale (“bowl”).

schaal f (plural schalen, diminutive schaaltje n)

1. shallow bowl

• weegschaal

De schaal van een kaart staat meestal onder de legenda.
The scale of a map is found mostly under the legend.

From Latin scāla. The earlier borrowing Middle Dutch scale (“ladder”) had become very rare or was even lost entirely in early modern Dutch, implying that it was later reintroduced in the contemporary sense via German Skala and/or English scale.

schaal f (plural schalen, diminutive schaaltje n)

1. scale (e.g. for measuring)

• grootschalig
• tijdschaal