skal

See also: skał, skāł, skál, skäl, skål, škál, and скал

Danish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *skalō, cognate with German Schale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skalˀ/, [ˈsɡ̊alˀ]

Noun

skal c (singular definite skallen, plural indefinite skaller)

1. shell, valve
2. skin, peel, rind
3. skull

Inflection

Declension of skal

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skal	skallen	skaller	skallerne
genitive	skals	skallens	skallers	skallernes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skal(ˀ)/, [ˈsɡ̊alˀ], [ˈsɡ̊al], [ˈsɡ̊a]

Verb

skal

1. present tense of skulle

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skalˀ/, [ˈsɡ̊alˀ]

Verb

skal

1. imperative of skalle

Faroese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛaːl

Etymology 1

From the verb skula.

Verb

skal

• 1st and 3rd person singular present form of skula

1. I, he, she, it shall, ought to

Usage notes

• danskt skal lærast væl - Danish ought to be learned well

Conjugation

Conjugation of skula (irregular)
infinitive	skula
supine	skulað
participle	—	—
	present	past
first singular	skal	skuldi
second singular	skalt	skuldi
third singular	skal	skuldi
plural	skulu/skula	skuldu
	imperative
singular	—!
plural	—!

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skal.

Noun

skal n (genitive singular skals, plural skøl)

1. shell, peel, rind, skin

Declension

Declension of skal
n5	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skal	skalið	skøl	skølini
accusative	skal	skalið	skøl	skølini
dative	skali	skalinum	skølum	skølunum
genitive	skals	skalsins	skala	skalanna

Synonyms

• hylki, útskinn, flus

Hyponyms

• eggjaskal, nøtarskal
• appilsinskal, bananskal, drúvuskal, eplaskal, sitrónskal

Gothic

Romanization

skal

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻

Icelandic

Verb

skal

1. first-person singular present indicative of skulu
2. third-person singular present indicative of skulu

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Verb

skal

1. present tense of skulle

Etymology 2

Noun

skal n (definite singular skalet, indefinite plural skal, definite plural skala or skalene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by skall

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɑːl/

Noun

skal n (definite singular skalet, indefinite plural skal, definite plural skala)

1. shell

   Krabben hadde nett skift skal.

   The crab had just gotten a new shell.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɑlː/

Verb

skal

1. present of skulla

References

• “skal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Verb

skal

1. first/third-person singular present active indicative of skulu

Old Saxon

Verb

skal

1. first-person present indicative of skulan
2. third-person present indicative of skulan

Old Swedish

Verb

skal

1. first-person present indicative of skula
2. third-person present indicative of skula

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: skal

Noun

skal f

1. genitive plural of skala

   Synonym: skali

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skal, from Old Norse skel, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cleave”). Compare Danish skæl, Dutch schaal, Dutch schil, English shale, English shell, German Schale, Norwegian skjell.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

skal n

1. (usually uncountable when thought of as a substance) shell ((hard) external covering of an animal, egg, nut, various objects, etc. – used similarly to English)
2. (usually uncountable) peel, skin (outer layer or cover of a fruit or vegetable)

   bananskal

   banana peel

3. a hard case (especially for a mobile phone, tablet computer, or the like)
4. (computing) a shell

   Synonym: skalprogram

Declension

Declension of skal
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skal	skalet	skal	skalen
Genitive	skals	skalets	skals	skalens

Derived terms

• apelsinskal
• bananskal
• hummerskal
• krabbskal
• kräftskal
• lökskal
• ostronskal
• räkskal
• skalbagge
• skalbolag
• skaldjur
• snäckskal
• tacoskal
• äggskal
• äppelskal

 

Related terms

• skala (“to peel”)

See also

• etui
• fodral
• kommandorad (“command line”)
• kommandotolk (“command-line interpreter”)

References

• skal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• skal in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• IDG:s ordlista

Anagrams

• Klas

Volapük

Noun

skal (nominative plural skals)

1. pot, cup

Declension

declension of skal

	singular	plural
nominative	skal	skals
genitive	skala	skalas
dative	skale	skales
accusative	skali	skalis
vocative 1	o skal!	o skals!
predicative 2	skalu	skalus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only