skule

Danish

Verb

skule

1. scowl, have an angry expression

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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.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²skʉːlə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skóli, ultimately from Ancient Greek σχολεῖον (skholeîon), from σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure; conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place”), 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.

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English school.

Noun

skule (n class, plural skule)

1. Alternative form of shule