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)
- should
- must
- have to
Inflection
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)
- 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)
- will
- Eg skal gjere det.
- I will do it.
- shall
- Det skulle få motoren til å verke.
- That should make the engine work.
References
- “skulle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
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”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskɵˌlːə/
- Rhymes: -²ɵlɛ
Noun
skulle c
- an attic, a loft, a hayloft; an open space immediately beneath the roof of a (farm) building
- 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
References
- skulle in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- “skulle”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish), 1937
Verb
skulle
- past tense of ska.
- past tense of skall.
- past tense of skola.
Anagrams
- kulles