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

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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

Swedish

Alternative forms

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

  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

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

  1. skulle”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish), 1937

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