Traditional units of dry volume. The German scheffel and Dutch schepel have both been redefined within the metric system, but in very different ways: the scheffel equals 50 liters (1.4189 U.S. bushels) and the schepel 10 liters (0.2838 U.S. bushels). Both words are usually translated "bushel" in English, and both units were originally closer to the English bushel; the schepel was roughly 0.75 bushel or about 26 liters. See also skep (below)