skule

See also: Skule, skulę, and skułę

English

Noun

skule (countable and uncountable, plural skules)

1. Pronunciation spelling of school.
   • c. 1828 (date written), “The Farmington Canal Song”, in Eloise Hubbard Linscott, compiler, Folk Songs of Old New England, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published November 1939, →OCLC, page 195:

     Click Web - ster nev - er went to skule,* […] But, he can drive any or - n’ry mule; […]

     *School.

   • 1871 January 13, Brampton Times, Brampton, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:

     Except Jock, an’ he's aff to the skule, / The big fule / It’s muckle he’ll dae at a skule.

   • 1990 October 8, Steve Senator, “Opportunity for Amusement (Was: Blasted 8 digit error codes!)”, in comp.unix.aix‎^[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 4 December 2025:

     How's tricks?: Like that's bogus syntax, dude? Where'd you go to skule?

   • 1997 November 23, Guerilla^[sic], “everyone get thier Check today?”, in pdx.general‎^[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 4 December 2025:

     People dont^[sic] want govt skules or govt libraries? […] The govt workers at the skules and libraries refuse to give up.

   • 1997 December 6, e...@eyekiller.ml.org, “The Offical^[sic] Biggest On-Line Casino in the world.”, in alt.gambling‎^[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 4 December 2025:

     Have Fun, and don't forget to go to skule / work! =P

   • 2024 October 13, John Brewin, quoting Jeremy Boyce, “America’s Cup: New Zealand lead 3-0 but race four postponed as Britain avoid crash – as it happened”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[4], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 July 2025:

     I’m an old skule kind of person (vinyl music, real books, craft beer, sturdy lace-ups and sensible brogues...) […]

Derived terms

• Skule

Danish

Etymology

Influenced by skjule (“to conceal, hide, stare to the side”), perhaps ultimately from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch schulen (“to hide, take shelter”). Or, from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz (“squint-eyed”), related to Old English sceolh (“squinting”), Old Norse skjalgr (“squinting, askew”).

Verb

skule (imperative skul, infinitive at skule, present tense skuler, past tense skulede, perfect tense skulet)

1. to scowl, have an angry expression

Conjugation

Conjugation of skule

active passive present skuler skules past skulede skuledes infinitive skule skules imperative skul — participle present skulende past skulet (auxiliary verb have) gerund skulen

Middle English

Noun

skule

1. (Northern) alternative form of scole (“school”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Possibly from Middle Low German schulen

Verb

skule (present tense skuler, simple past skulte, past participle skult)

1. to stare at someone or something with a look of displeasure or anger; to frown

References

• “skule” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²skʉːlə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skóli, ultimately from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold, have, possess”). Akin to English school.

Alternative forms

• skole (also Bokmål)

Noun

skule m (definite singular skulen, indefinite plural skular, definite plural skulane)

1. school

   Skal du på skulen i dag?

   Are you going to school today?

Derived terms

• grunnskule
• skulebuss
• skuleplass

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• skula

Verb

skule (present tense skuler, past tense skulte, past participle skult, passive infinitive skulast, present participle skulande, imperative skul)

1. to scowl; stare at someone or something with a look of displeasure or anger; to frown

Etymology 3

Verb

skule (present tense skal, past tense skulle, past participle skula or skulla)
Before 1959: skule (present tense skal, past tense skulle, past participle skula)
Before 1938: skule (present tense skal, past tense skulde, past participle skula)

1. (pre-1987) alternative form of skulle

References

• “skule” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsku.lɛ/
• Rhymes: -ulɛ
• Syllabification: sku‧le

Noun

skule f

1. dative/locative singular of skuła

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English school.

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈsku.lɛ/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

skule class IX (plural skule class X)

1. alternative form of shule