I studied German for four years in high school and got a minor in college.

Yet it just occurred to me that in German 'Schottische' would have 3 syllables, because the final e would be pronounced. If I said

Das ist eine schottische Tanz. (That is a Scottish dance.)

schottische would be pronounced SHOT ish eh, and the eh is a short e as in red. We English speakers have mislaid a syllable.