# scheel
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sxeːl/
* Rhymes: -eːl

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch scelu, scele, from Old Dutch *skelo, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh, from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to lean, bend; joint”).
Cognates include German scheel, Old English sceolh, Old Norse skjalgr, Latin scelus (“crime”) and Ancient Greek σκολιός (skoliós), σκαληνός (skalēnós).

#### Adjective

scheel (comparative scheler, superlative scheelst)
* cross-eyed, squinting
* crooked, bent, not straight
* (figurative sense) with an envious or jealous look
* (of a pain or painful issue) severe
* (uncommon) sour, tart

##### Synonyms

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

##### Derived terms

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

##### Descendants

* Negerhollands: skeel
* → Papiamentu: skel, skeel

#### Verb

scheel
* inflection of schelen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

scheel
* inflection of schelen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

#### Noun

scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)
* (obsolete) a difference
* (obsolete) a dispute, difference of opinion, conflict

##### Synonyms

* verschil
* geschil, conflict, dispuut

### Etymology 3

Contracted form of schedel.

#### Noun

scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)
* a skull; a death's-head
* a mound's crest or crown

#### Noun

scheel n (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)
* a lid, cover
* an eyelid, cover
* 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)
* (obsolete) a parting of the hair
* (obsolete) a hairstyle of the hair
* (obsolete) a plait of hair

##### Synonyms

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

#### Verb

scheel
* inflection of schelen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Etymology 5

Alternative form of scheil. See scheiden (“to separate”).

#### Noun

scheel n (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)
* a mesentery, membrane which keeps an intestine in place

### Anagrams

* schele

## German
### Etymology

From Middle Low German schēle and northern Middle High German schel, from Old High German skelah, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh, from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to lean, bend; joint”). The predominant High German form was Middle High German schelch, -hes, Old High German skelah, whence obsolete German schelch.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃeːl/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

scheel (strong nominative masculine singular scheeler, comparative scheeler, superlative am scheelsten)
* cross-eyed
    Synonyms: schielend, schieläugig
* squinting
* (commonest sense) with a crooked look; looking disdainfully or aggressively from the side
    ein scheeler Blick ― a dirty look

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “scheel” in Duden online
* “scheel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Plautdietsch
### Etymology

From Middle Low German schēle, from Old Saxon *skelh, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh.

### Adjective

scheel
* squint-eyed
* bridle-shy