Schild – German noun declension

German noun forms of Schild

Noun: Schild
Gender: Neuter, Masculine
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Indefinite

Singularein Schild
Plural Schilder; Schilde

Definite

Singulardas; der Schild
Pluraldie Schilder; Schilde

Genitive

Indefinite

Singulareines Schilds; Schildes
Plural Schilder; Schilde

Definite

Singulardes Schilds; Schildes
Pluralder Schilder; Schilde

Dative

Indefinite

Singulareinem Schild; Schilde
Plural Schildern; Schilden

Definite

Singulardem Schild; Schilde
Pluralden Schildern; Schilden

Accusative

Indefinite

Singularein; einen Schild
Plural Schilder; Schilde

Definite

Singulardas; den Schild
Pluraldie Schilder; Schilde

Sample Sentences

  • Was steht dahinten auf dem Schild? (What does that sign say over there?)
  • Aber Herr Professor, es ist doch wegen dem Schild. — Setzen Sie sich. — Herr Professor, wegen dem Schild von gestern. — Es heißt nicht „wegen dem Schild“; es heißt „wegen des Schildes“. — Na schön, Herr Professor, „wegen des Schildes“. (But, Professor, it's actually regarding the sign. — Sit down. — Professor, regarding the sign from yesterday. — It is not “regarding the sign”; it is “regarding the sign”. — Very well, Professor, “regarding the sign”.) [1944, Heinrich Spoerl, Die Feuerzangenbowle:]
  • Du musst noch das Schild an deinem neuen Hemd abschneiden. (You still have to cut off the label from your new shirt.)
  • 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.)

Nouns inflected like Schild

Regiment, Schild, Angesicht,

Etymology

1. 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.
2. 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”. See: Dutch Nouns 'schild', English Nouns 'shield', Danish Nouns 'skjold'.

Verbs referencing "Schild"

Danish Nouns skjold, Polish Nouns szyld.

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