From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1:
scold /skˈəʊld/ <v>
mit jdm. schimpfen <v, intr>, jdn. ausschimpfen, zurechtweisen, rügen, rüffeln, tadeln [geh.] , maßregeln [geh.] , schelten <v, trans> [geh.] [veraltend] , jdm. die Leviten lesen, die Ohren lang ziehen, einen Anschiss verpassen [slang] , heimleuchten <v, intr> [geh.]
Note: wegen etw.
"My mother scolded me for breaking her favourite vase." - Meine Mutter hat mit mir geschimpft, weil ich ihre Lieblingsvase zerbrochen habe.
Synonyms: reprimand, rebuke, reprove, reprehend, berate, objurgate, chide sb., take sb. to task, tell off sb., tick off sb. to rake/haul/drag sb. over the coals
see: scolding, reprimanding, rebuking, reproving, reprehending, berating, objurgating, chiding, taking to task, telling off, ticking off, scolded, reprimanded, rebuked, reproved, reprehended, berated, objurgated, chided/chidden/chid, taken to task, told off, ticked off, I told the boys off for making so much noise.
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1:
scold /skˈəʊld/ <v>
zetern, zanken <v, intr>
see: scolding, scolded, scolds, scolded