Schild

Borrowed from German Schild.

Schild (plural Schilds)

1. A surname from German.

• Childs, childs

Schild m

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

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

From schild.

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Schild n

1. (astronomy) Scutum

Borrowed from German Schild.

Schild ?

1. a surname from German

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”.

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪlt/

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• Homophone: schilt

Schild n (strong, genitive Schildes or Schilds, plural Schilder or Schilde, diminutive Schildchen n or Schildlein n or (rare, also Ruhrpöttisch) Schildken n)

1. sign, plate (flat surface bearing information)

   Was steht dahinten auf dem Schild?

   What does that sign say over there?

2. (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.

3. (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.

• 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.[1]

Schild m (strong, genitive Schildes or Schilds, plural Schilde, diminutive Schildlein n)

1. shield, buckler (defensive weapon)

   Mittelalterliche Schilde waren oft sehr schwer.

   Medieval shields were often quite heavy.

2. (figurative) protection, protector

   Die Stasi begriff sich als Schild und Schwert der Partei.

   The Stasi considered itself the Party’s shield and sword.

3. (heraldry) shield

• See above.

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

1. a surname

• “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

• IPA^(key): /ʃilt/

Schild m (plural Schild)

1. shield

Schild n (plural Schild)

1. sign

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Borrowed from German Schild.

Schild m or f by sense

1. a surname from German

Schild n

1. sign, label

Schild m

1. shield

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.

Schild n (plural Schilder)

1. shield
2. sign

Unadapted borrowing from German Schild.

Schild m or f by sense

1. a surname from German

Borrowed from German Schild.

Schild m or f by sense

1. a surname from German