skulle
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse skulu, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną. Cognate with English shall and should.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
skulle (present tense skal, past tense skulle, past participle skullet)
- will, would, shall, should (modal verbs)
- Alt fungerer som det skal. ― Everything works as it should.
- must
- have to
Conjugation edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse skulu, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną.
Verb edit
skulle (present tense skal, simple past skulle, past participle skullet)
- will, would, shall, should (modal verbs)
- Alt fungerer som det skal. ― Everything works as it should.
References edit
- “skulle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- skulla (a and split infinitives)
- sko, sku (apocopic and dialectal)
- skoill, skoillj (Trøndelag dialect)
Etymology edit
From Old Norse skulu, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
skulle (present tense skal, past tense skulle, past participle skulla, passive infinitive skullast, present participle skullande)
- will
- Eg skal gjere det.
- I will do it.
- shall
- Det skulle få motoren til å verke.
- That should make the engine work.
References edit
- “skulle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
- ſkulle (obsolete typography)
Etymology edit
Possibly related to skull and skalle (“cranium”) (eventually from Proto-Germanic *skallô; compare *skaljō (“husk, shell”)), or a shared origin with Latin celsus (“lofty, high, tall”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
skulle c
- an attic, a loft, a hayloft; an open space immediately beneath the roof of a (farm) building
- a balcony (upper floor) in a church
Declension edit
Declension of skulle | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | skulle | skullen | skullar | skullarna |
Genitive | skulles | skullens | skullars | skullarnas |
Related terms edit
Verb edit
skulle
- past indicative of ska
- past indicative of skall
- past indicative of skola
Usage notes edit
See skola and ska for senses and examples.