Schellack

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch schellak. Cognate with English shellac (“scale lac, lac thin like scales”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

Schellack m (strong, genitive Schellackes or Schellacks, plural Schellacke)

  1. shellac
    Synonyms: Plattlack, Tafellack

Declension

Declension of Schellack [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Schellack die Schellacke
genitive eines des Schellackes, Schellacks der Schellacke
dative einem dem Schellack, Schellacke1 den Schellacken
accusative einen den Schellack die Schellacke

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Kluge, Friedrich (2002), “Schellack”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 24th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page Schellack

Further reading

  • “Schellack” in Duden online
  • “Schellack”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
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