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schallen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch scellen (loud sound), from Old Dutch skellan, from Proto-West Germanic *skellan, from Proto-Germanic *skellaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (to shout).[1][2]

Cognate with Old English scellan (to sound, make a noise) and German schallen (to sound, to resound). Also see Old Norse skjalla (to clatter), Old English hlowan.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɑlən

Verb

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schallen

  1. to sound loudly
  2. to resound, to echo

Conjugation

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Conjugation of schallen (weak)
infinitive schallen
past singular schalde
past participle geschald
infinitive schallen
gerund schallen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular schal schalde
2nd person sing. (jij) schalt, schal2 schalde
2nd person sing. (u) schalt schalde
2nd person sing. (gij) schalt schalde
3rd person singular schalt schalde
plural schallen schalden
subjunctive sing.1 schalle schalde
subjunctive plur.1 schallen schalden
imperative sing. schal
imperative plur.1 schalt
participles schallend geschald
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “schallen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1498”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1498

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German schallen, from the root of Schall (sound). The Grimms have it as corrupt form of Middle High German schëllen (inflected schal, geschollen),[1] from Proto-West Germanic *skellan, from Proto-Germanic *skellaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (to call, shout).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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schallen (weak or irregular strong, third-person singular present schallt, past tense schallte or (less common) scholl, past participle geschallt, past subjunctive schallte or (less common) schölle, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to sound, ring (out)

Usage notes

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The weak (regular) forms are more common.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ schallen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Further reading

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  • schallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schallen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schallen” in Duden online
  • schallen” in OpenThesaurus.de