# Schild
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Schild.

### Proper noun

Schild (plural Schilds)
* A surname from German.

### Anagrams

* Childs, childs

## Alemannic German
### Noun

Schild m
* (Uri) A triangle-shaped snow deposition formed as a result of a small avalanche.

### References

* Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 18.

## Dutch
### Etymology

From schild.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Schild n
* (astronomy) Scutum

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Schild.

### Proper noun

Schild ?
* a surname from German

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German schilt m (“shield”) (genitive schiltes or schildes), from Old High German skilt, from Proto-West Germanic *skeldu, from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keyt- (“shield, cover”). Cognate with Dutch schild, English shield, Danish skjold.
The -ld- is due to sporadic revoicing, reinforced by unshifted forms in Central and Low German (cf. dulden, Geld etc.). The neuter gender spread southward from Middle Low German schilt. It established itself in general Standard German for the derived sense “sign”, but not for the traditional sense “shield”.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃɪlt/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: schilt

### Noun

Schild n (strong, genitive Schildes or Schilds, plural Schilder or Schilde, diminutive Schildchen n or Schildlein n or (rare, also Ruhrpöttisch) Schildken n)
* sign, plate (flat surface bearing information)
    Was steht dahinten auf dem Schild?What does that sign say over there?
* (often also diminutive) label, tag (piece of paper etc. on a product)
    Synonym: Etikett
    Du musst noch das Schild an deinem neuen Hemd abschneiden.You still have to cut off the label from your new shirt.
* (nonstandard or informal, northern and central Germany) Alternative form of Schild (“shield, protector”, noun 2 below)
    Mittelalterliche Schilde(r) waren oft sehr schwer.Medieval shields were often quite heavy.
    Die Stasi begriff sich als (das) Schild und Schwert der Partei.The Stasi considered itself the Party’s [i.e. the SED's] shield and sword.

#### Usage notes

* In official use, Schild in the sense of “shield, protector” is exclusively masculine. However, in northern and central Germany the word is also used in the neuter form (plural Schilder) with no difference made between the senses.

#### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

#### Derived terms

* Beschilderung
* Hinweisschild
* Klingelschild
* Namensschild
* Nummernschild
* Ortsschild
* Rothschild
* Schilderform
* Schilderwald
* Straßenschild
* Türschild
* Verkehrsschild
* Warnschild
* Schildkröte
* Schutzschild
* Wappenschild
* Schilderl
* Schildken
* Schildl
* Schildle
* Schildli

### Noun

Schild m (strong, genitive Schildes or Schilds, plural Schilde, diminutive Schildlein n)
* shield, buckler (defensive weapon)
    Mittelalterliche Schilde waren oft sehr schwer.Medieval shields were often quite heavy.
* (figurative) protection, protector
    Die Stasi begriff sich als Schild und Schwert der Partei.The Stasi considered itself the Party’s shield and sword.
* (heraldry) shield

#### Usage notes

* See above.

#### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

#### Derived terms

* etwas im Schilde führen
* Herzschild
* Schildbürger
* Schilddrüse
* Schildfuß
* Schildhaupt
* Schildknorpel
* Schildkröte
* Schildlaus
* Schildlein
* Schildpatt
* Schildrand
* Schildstraße
* Schildteilung
* Schildwache
* Schildwanze
* Schutzschild
* Schwarzschild
* Wappenschild

### Proper noun

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Schild m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Schilds or (with an article) Schild, plural Schilds or Schild)
* a surname

#### Declension

$^1$With an article.

### References

* ↑ Der Schild oder das Schild?, Wiener Zeitung Online

### Further reading

* “Schild” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Schild (Schutzwaffe, Schirm)” in Duden online
* “Schild (Tafel, Platte, Fleck)” in Duden online
* “Schild” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “Schild” in OpenThesaurus.de
* Schild on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$
* Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schild”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

## Hunsrik
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃilt/

### Noun

Schild m (plural Schild)
* shield

### Noun

Schild n (plural Schild)
* sign

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Schild.

### Proper noun

Schild m or f by sense
* a surname from German

## Low German
### Noun

Schild n
* sign, label

### Noun

Schild m
* shield

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

From Middle High German schilt, from Old High German scilt, scild, from Proto-West Germanic *skeldu (“shield”), from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keyt-, *(s)keyd-, *keyt- (“shield, cover”). Compare German Schild, Dutch schild, English shield, Danish skjold.

### Noun

Schild n (plural Schilder)
* shield
* sign

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Schild.

### Proper noun

Schild m or f by sense
* a surname from German

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Schild.

### Proper noun

Schild m or f by sense
* a surname from German