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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
More information common gender, singular ...
Declension of skal
common
gender		 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skal skallen skaller skallerne
genitive skals skallens skallers skallernes
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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 skulla
  1. I, he, she, it shall, ought to
Usage notes
Conjugation
More information infinitive, supine ...
Conjugation of skula (irregular)
infinitive skula
supine skulað
present past
first singular skal skuldi
second singular skalt skuldi
third singular skal skuldi
plural skulu/skula skuldu
participle — —
imperative
singular —!
plural —!
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Etymology 2

From Old Norse skal.

Noun

skal n (genitive singular skals, plural skøl)

  1. shell, peel, rind, skin
Declension
More information n5, singular ...
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
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Synonyms
Hyponyms

Gothic

Romanization

skal

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻

Icelandic

Verb

skal

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

North Frisian

Verb

skal

  1. first/third-person singular present of skel

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 form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by skall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

  • IPA(key): /ˈskal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: skal

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

  • IPA(key): /skɑːl/
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Noun

skal n

  1. (usually uncountable when thought of as a substance) shell ((hard) external covering of an animal, egg, nut, various objects, etc. – used similarly to English)
  2. (usually uncountable) peel, skin (outer layer or cover of a fruit or vegetable)
    bananskal
    banana peel
  3. a hard case (especially for a mobile phone, tablet computer, or the like)
  4. (computing) a shell
    Synonym: skalprogram

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
Declension of skal
nominative genitive
singular indefinite skal skals
definite skalet skalets
plural indefinite skal skals
definite skalen skalens
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Derived terms

See also

References

Anagrams

Volapük

Noun

skal (nominative plural skals)

  1. pot, cup

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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
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1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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