schalten.
to switch
Meaning & usage
to switch
to shift gears
to connect
to issue, run, post an advertisement
to be on the ball (to be quick to understand and react to something sudden and/or unexpected)
to reign, to rule, to command
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German schalten, from Old High German scaltan, from Proto-West Germanic *skaldan (“to push, shove”); further etymology obscure; according to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, separate”), in which case related to English shell. Cognate with Old Saxon skaldan (“to push”).
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