See also: skal, skál, skål, and škál

Saterland Frisian edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

skäl

  1. first-person singular indicative present of skälle
  2. third-person singular indicative present of skälle

References edit

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “skälle”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Low German shel, schele, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *skiljaną (to divide, split).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

skäl n

  1. cause, purpose, the reason why something is done
  2. parting (of roads)
  3. (weaving) shed (parting of warps)

Usage notes edit

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

Declension edit

Declension of skäl 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skäl skälet skäl skälen
Genitive skäls skälets skäls skälens

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