skäl

See also: skal, skál, skål, and škál

Swedish

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ɧɛːl/
• Homophones: själ, stjäl

Noun

skäl n

1. cause, purpose, the reason why something is done

Usage notes

• In the structure of European Union documents, "preamble (citations and recitals)" is translated with "ingress (beaktandeled och skäl)".

Declension

Declension of skäl
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skäl	skälet	skäl	skälen
Genitive	skäls	skälets	skäls	skälens

See also

• ha sina randiga skäl
• vägskäl

Anagrams

• kläs, läsk