Scholder

See also: scholder

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • Scheller (most of Moselle Franconian)
  • Scholler (some Moselle Franconian and Ripuarian dialects)
  • Schooder, Schoher (western Ripuarian)

Etymology

From Old High German *sculdra, *sculdira, northern variants of scultra, scultera, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldru. The -d- may have been either preserved from the original form or reintroduced in Scholler as a gliding sound between the two liquids.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃoldʌ/

Noun

Scholder f (plural Scholdere) (many dialects of Ripuarian, including Kölsch)

  1. shoulder
    • 1981, “Verdamp lang her” (0:50 from the start), in Klaus Heuser, Wolfgang Niedecken (lyrics), Für usszeschnigge![1], performed by BAP, Munich: EMI Electrola:
      Wä alles, wenn dir ’t klapp, hinger dir herrennt,
      Ding Scholder klopp, wä dich nit all hofiert,
      Sich, ohne rut ze wääde, dinge Fründ nennt
      Un dich daachs drop janz einfach ignoriert.
      All those who’ll dangle after you when things work out for you,
      Slap your shoulder, all those who’ll adulate you,
      Who’ll call themselves friends of yours without blushing
      And simply ignore you the very next day.