skal

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

Danish

Etymology 1

Compare Old High German scāla (“shell, scale, bowl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [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 skulle (“should”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɡ̊alˀ], [ˈsɡ̊al], [ˈsɡ̊a]

Verb

skal

1. (deprecated template usage) present of skulle

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skal/, [sɡ̊alˀ]

Verb

skal

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of skalle

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛaːl

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

• danskt skal lærast væl - Danish ought to be learned well

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

• hylki, útskinn, flus

Hyponyms

• eggjaskal, nøtarskal
• appilsinskal, bananskal, drúvuskal, eplaskal, sitrónskal

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Gothic

Romanization

skal

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

skal

1. (deprecated template usage) present of skulle

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skaːl/

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skalː/

Verb

skal

1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of skulla

References

• “skal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Alternative forms

• (genitive plural of skala) skali

Pronunciation

• Template:pl-IPA

Noun

skal f

1. genitive plural of skala

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skal.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

skal n

1. (uncountable and 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

Anagrams

• Klas

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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