skal

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

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
Conjugation
Conjugation of skula (irregular)
infinitive skula
supine skulað
participle — —
present past
first singular Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) skuldi
second singular skalt skuldi
third singular Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) skuldi
plural skulu/skula skuldu
imperative
singular —!
plural —!

Etymology 2

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Noun

skal n (genitive singular skals, plural skøl)

  1. shell, peel, rind, skin
Declension

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Synonyms
Hyponyms

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

Verb

skal

  1. present tense of skulle

Noun

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 form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by skall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

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  1. shell
    Krabben hadde nett skift skal.
    The crab had just gotten a new shell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skɑlː/

Verb

skal

  1. present of skulla

References

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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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

  • (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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

See also

References

Anagrams

Volapük

Noun

skal (nominative plural skals)

  1. pot, cup

Declension

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