skäl

Swedish

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ɧɛːl/
• Homophones: själ, stjäl

Noun

skäl n

1. cause, purpose, the reason why something is done

Declension

Declension of skäl

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skäl	skälet	skäl	skälen
genitive	skäls	skälets	skäls	skälens

Usage notes

• In the structure of European Union documents, "preamble (citations and recitals)" is translated with "ingress (beaktandeled och skäl)".

See also

• ha sina randiga skäl
• vägskäl