See also: skal, skál, skål, and škál

Saterland Frisian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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skäl

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

References

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

Swedish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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skäl n

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

Usage notes

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

Declension

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

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