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See also: skał, skāł, skál, skäl, skål, škál, and скал

Danish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *skalō, cognate with German Schale.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skalˀ/, [ˈsɡ̊alˀ]

Noun

skal c (singular definite skallen, plural indefinite skaller)

  1. shell, valve
  2. skin, peel, rind
  3. skull
Inflection
Declension of skal
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skal skallen skaller skallerne
genitive skals skallens skallers skallernes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skal(ˀ)/, [ˈsɡ̊alˀ], [ˈsɡ̊al], [ˈsɡ̊a]

Verb

skal

  1. present tense of skulle

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skalˀ/, [ˈsɡ̊alˀ]

Verb

skal

  1. imperative of skalle

Faroese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From the verb skula.

Verb

skal

  • 1st and 3rd person singular present form of skula
  1. I, he, she, it shall, ought to
Usage notes
Conjugation
Conjugation of skula (irregular)
infinitive skula
supine skulað
participle — —
present past
first singular skal skuldi
second singular skalt skuldi
third singular skal skuldi
plural skulu/skula skuldu
imperative
singular —!
plural —!

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skal.

Noun

skal n (genitive singular skals, plural skøl)

  1. shell, peel, rind, skin
Declension
n5 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skal skalið skøl skølini
accusative skal skalið skøl skølini
dative skali skalinum skølum skølunum
genitive skals skalsins skala skalanna
Synonyms
Hyponyms

Gothic

Romanization

skal

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻

Icelandic

Verb

skal

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Verb

skal

  1. present tense of skulle

Etymology 2

Noun

skal n (definite singular skalet, indefinite plural skal, definite plural skala or skalene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by skall

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

skal n (definite singular skalet, indefinite plural skal, definite plural skala)

  1. shell
    Krabben hadde nett skift skal.
    The crab had just gotten a new shell.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

skal

  1. present of skulla

References

Old Norse

Verb

skal

  1. first/third-person singular present active indicative of skulu

Old Saxon

Verb

skal

  1. first-person present indicative of skulan
  2. third-person present indicative of skulan

Old Swedish

Verb

skal

  1. first-person present indicative of skula
  2. third-person present indicative of skula

Polish

Pronunciation

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Noun

skal f

  1. genitive plural of skala
    Synonym: skali

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skal, from Old Norse skel, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cleave”). Compare Danish skæl, Dutch schaal, Dutch schil, English shale, English shell, German Schale, Norwegian skjell.

Pronunciation

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Noun

skal n

  1. (uncountable, countable) shell (a hard covering)
  2. (usually uncountable) peel; outer layer or cover of a fruit or vegetable

Declension

Declension of skal
nominative genitive
singular indefinite skal skals
definite skalet skalets
plural indefinite skal skals
definite skalen skalens

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Volapük

Noun

skal (nominative plural skals)

  1. pot, cup

Declension

declension of skal
singular plural
nominative skal skals
genitive skala skalas
dative skale skales
accusative skali skalis
vocative 1 o skal! o skals!
predicative 2 skalu skalus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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