"Ich habe eine Schüssel."

Translation: I have a bowl.

[anhayes2]

An extra "L" is bad for a bowl, but an extra "L" is cool for a key.

[OnkelD]

I really find a lot of what is spoken vague and hard to distinguish the actual sounds... many spill over into what could be another consonant or vowel sound.

[Pantodynamos]

ein Schlüssel - a key, eine Schlüssel - a pan/bowl? I'm confused here, always thought that Schlüssel is just a key

[-Herbstzeitlose-]

"Schüssel" only has one L.

[KendallHolm]

That is because Schlüssel is key ans Schüssel is bowl. See how one has an l after the sch and the other doesnt

[JosephAldenMoore]

It's the difference between bow and blow

[MimiKraste]

I am often confused here too

[co_duo]

fell for that too

[johnbax10]

Schlussel and Schussel are different things

[Armistice023]

Schlüssel- key
Schüssel- bowl

Note the "L" after "Sch"

[BlazingFast]

Does anyone know why these two nouns are so different yet are so similar too? There must be some kind of etymology that can explain why.

[airelibre]

Coincidence

[hsianloon]

How will i know when it means ' scatter brain'?

[TrioLinguist]

"Du bist eine Schüssel", if I were to guess. It's just context.

Edit: After checking a few dictionaries, I don't think scatter-brain is actually a definition of the word Schüssel.

Re-edit: The word you're looking for is der Schussel ;)

[jake3389]

If anyone learned Dutch before this, remember Schlüssel = Sleutel. Both words have the same number of Ls, and bowl has one less.

[airelibre]

Schlüssel is cognate with slot. That's how I remember.

[PaulDolter]

One learns quickly when one incorrectly asks for a key in the kitchen :-(