Schell

English

Etymology

German surname, from the adjective Schelle (“jingle bell”). Compare Shell.

Proper noun

Schell

1. A surname.

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃel/
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: Schell

Etymology 1

From Middle High German schelle, from Old High German skella; related to scellan (“to ring, sound”), from Proto-West Germanic *skellan (“to ring, clatter, sound out”).

Noun

Schell f (plural Schelle)

1. bell

   Heerst-du dem Bellsnickel sein Schell?

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Etymology 2

Noun

Schell m

1. plural of Schall

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Schell”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German schelle, from Old High German skella; related to scellan (“to ring, sound”), from Proto-West Germanic *skellan (“to ring, clatter, sound out”).

Cognate with German Schelle, Dutch schel. Related to the verb schalen (“to resound, to echo”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃæl/

  Rhymes: -æl

Noun

Schell f (plural Schellen)

1. (small) bell

Synonyms

• Klack

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German schelden (“to scold”), from Old Saxon *skeldan, from Proto-Germanic *skeldaną.

Noun

Schell f (plural --)

1. scolding, reprimand

Rhine Franconian

Etymology

From Middle High German schelle, from Old High German scella (“little bell”), related to scellan (“to ring, sound”), from Proto-Germanic *skellan- and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout, call”).

Noun

Schell ?

1. (Palatine) bell