Schimmel

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Dutch

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsxɪ.məl/
  • Hyphenation: Schim‧mel

Proper noun

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Schimmel

  1. a surname

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɪməl/
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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German schimel, schimmel, from Old High German skimbal (mould). The expected Middle High German form is seemingly unattested *schimbel, but all three forms (schimel, schimmel, *schimbel) would have yielded modern German Schimmel. Cognate with Dutch schimmel (mould).

Noun

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Schimmel m (strong, genitive Schimmels, no plural)

  1. mold
  2. mildew
    Synonym: Mehltau
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Etymology 2

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Derived from etymology 1 due to the similar colour. At first an attributive construction, seemingly of northern origin, in Middle Low German dat scymelinghe perd (1373) and Middle High German ein schemeliges perd (1374, West Central German). Dutch schimmel (grey horse) is borrowed from German.

Noun

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Schimmel m (strong, genitive Schimmels, plural Schimmel, diminutive Schimmelchen n)

  1. grey or white horse
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Descendants
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  • Kashubian: szëmel
  • Lower Sorbian: šumjel
  • Upper Sorbian: šumjel

Further reading

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  • Schimmel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Schimmel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Schimmel” in Duden online