Dutch

Adjective

scheel ‎(comparative scheler, superlative scheelst)

1. cross-eyed, squinting
2. crooked, bent, not straight
3. (uncommon) sour, tart

Inflection

Synonyms

• (crooked): krom, scheef, schuin
• (sour): wrang

Derived terms

• schelaard, schelerd
• scheelheid, scheligheid
• scheelachtig
• scheelhoeks
• scheeloog; scheelogig
• scheelte
• schelig

Verb

scheel

1. first-person singular present indicative of schelen
2. imperative of schelen

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch schelen. Cognates include Old English scilian ‎(“secrete”), Old Norse skila ‎(“decide”).

Verb

scheel

1. first-person singular present indicative of schelen
2. imperative of schelen

Noun

scheel m ‎(plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

1. (obsolete) A difference
2. (obsolete) A dispute, difference of opinion, conflict

Synonyms

• verschil
• geschil, conflict, dispuut

Etymology 3

Contracted form of schedel.

Noun

scheel m, n ‎(plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

1. m A skull; a death's-head
2. m A mound's crest or crown
3. n A lid, cover
4. n An eyelid, cover
5. n A measure of volume, a quarter of a 'mud', equivalent to a 'schepel'

Etymology 4

From Middle Dutch schedel ‎(“parting”), from scheiden ‎(“to part, divide, split”).

Noun

scheel m ‎(plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

1. (obsolete) A parting of the hair
2. (obsolete) A hairstyle of the hair
3. (obsolete) A plait of hair

Synonyms

• (parting): scheiding
• (hairstyle): kapsel
• (hair plait): vlecht, tres

Verb

scheel

1. first-person singular present indicative of schelen
2. imperative of schelen

Etymology 5

Alternative form of scheil.

Noun

scheel n ‎(plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

1. A mesentery, membrane which keeps an intestine in place

Verb

scheel

1. first-person singular present indicative of schelen
2. imperative of schelen

Anagrams

• schele