skulle

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɡ̊ulə], [ˈsɡ̊u]

Verb

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

Inflection of skulle

	present	past
simple	skal	skulle
perfect	har skullet	havde skullet
passive	—	—
participle	skullende	skullet
imperative	-	—
infinitive	skulle	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	skullen	—

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse skulu, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną.

Verb

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

• “skulle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• skulla (a and split infinitives)
• sko, sku (apocopic and dialectal)
• skoill, skoillj (Trøndelag dialect)

Etymology

From Old Norse skulu, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²skʉlːə/

Verb

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.

References

• “skulle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• ſkulle (obsolete typography)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɵˌlːə/
• Rhymes: -²ɵlɛ

Noun

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

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

Related terms

• höskulle

Verb

skulle

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

Usage notes

See skola and ska for senses and examples.

References

• skulle in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skulle in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• kulles