skuld

See also: Skuld

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch schuld, from Middle Dutch schult, from Old Dutch *skult, from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skœlt/

Noun

skuld (plural skulde)

1. guilt, fault
2. debt

Descendants

• → Sotho: sekoloto
• → Tswana: sekoloto
• → Zulu: isikweletu

Verb

skuld (present skuld, present participle skuldende, past participle geskuld)

1. (transitive) to owe

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Gothic

Romanization

skuld

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌳

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skuld, from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʏlt

Noun

skuld f (genitive singular skuldar, nominative plural skuldir)

1. a debt
2. (plural only, of a company) liabilities
3. guilt

Declension

declension of skuld

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skuld	skuldin	skuldir	skuldirnar
accusative	skuld	skuldina	skuldir	skuldirnar
dative	skuld	skuldinni	skuldum	skuldunum
genitive	skuldar	skuldarinnar	skulda	skuldanna

Synonyms

• (guilt): sök

Derived terms

derived terms from skuld (“a debt”)

• innheimta skuld (collect a debt)
• útistandandi skuld (outstanding debt)

• skuldum vafinn, vera skuldum vafinn (be deep in debt)
• greiða upp skuld (liquidate a debt)

derived terms from skuld (“guilt”)

• skella skuldinni á (to put the blame on somebody)

Related terms

• skulda
• skuldari

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

skuld f (definite singular skulda, indefinite plural skulder, definite plural skuldene)

1. Alternative form of skyld

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skuldiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéltis.

Noun

skuld f

1. debt, obligation

Declension

  Declension of skuld (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skuld	skuldin	skuldir	skuldirnar
accusative	skuld	skuldina	skuldir	skuldirnar
dative	skuld	skuldinni	skuldum	skuldunum
genitive	skuldar	skuldarinnar	skulda	skuldanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: skuld
• Swedish: skuld
• Danish: skyld

References

• “skuld”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skuld, from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéltis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

skuld c

1. debt
2. guilt

Declension

Declension of skuld
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skuld	skulden	skulder	skulderna
Genitive	skulds	skuldens	skulders	skuldernas

Related terms

• skuldfälla
• skuldkänsla
• skuldmedveten
• skuldränta
• skuldsätta
• skuldtyngd
• skull
• skyldig
• skylla
• statsskuld
• utlandsskuld

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West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not from Old Frisian, which has i and e.”)

Noun

skuld c (plural skulden, diminutive skuldsje)

1. debt
2. guilt, fault

Further reading

• “skuld”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011