Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse skulu, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną. Cognate with English shall and should.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɡ̊ulə], [ˈsɡ̊u]

Verb edit

skulle (present tense skal, past tense skulle, past participle skullet)

  1. will, would, shall, should (modal verbs)
    Alt fungerer som det skal.Everything works as it should.
  2. must
  3. 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)

  1. will, would, shall, should (modal verbs)
    Alt fungerer som det skal.Everything works as it should.

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

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)

  1. will
    Eg skal gjere det.
    I will do it.
  2. shall
    Det skulle få motoren til å verke.
    That should make the engine work.

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Swedish edit

Alternative forms edit

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

  1. an attic, a loft, a hayloft; an open space immediately beneath the roof of a (farm) building
  2. a balcony (upper floor) in a church

Declension edit

Declension of skulle 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skulle skullen skullar skullarna
Genitive skulles skullens skullars skullarnas

Related terms edit

Verb edit

skulle

  1. past indicative of ska
  2. past indicative of skall
  3. past indicative of skola

Usage notes edit

See skola and ska for senses and examples.

References edit

  1. ^ skulle”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy][1] (in Swedish), 1937

Anagrams edit