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skyldig

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Danish

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Etymology

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From late Old Norse skyldugr, from skyldr. In part influenced by Middle Low German schuldich and German schuldig.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /skyldi/, [ˈsɡ̊yld̥i]

Adjective

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skyldig (neuter skyldigt, plural and definite singular attributive skyldige)

  1. guilty
  2. owed
  3. due

Inflection

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Inflection of skyldig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular skyldig skyldigere skyldigst2
indefinite neuter singular skyldigt skyldigere skyldigst2
plural skyldige skyldigere skyldigst2
definite attributive1 skyldige skyldigere skyldigste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Antonyms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From skyld +‎ -ig.

Adjective

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skyldig (neuter singular skyldig, definite singular and plural skyldige)

  1. guilty

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From skyld +‎ -ig.

Adjective

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skyldig (neuter singular skyldig, definite singular and plural skyldige)

  1. guilty

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Derived terms

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Swedish

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Etymology

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skuld +‎ -ig, from Old Swedish skyldogher, skuldogher, from skuld, skull. In part influenced by Middle Low German schuldich and German schuldig.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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skyldig (comparative skyldigare, superlative skyldigast)

  1. guilty
  2. owed, due, indebted

Declension

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Inflection of skyldig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular skyldig skyldigare skyldigast
neuter singular skyldigt skyldigare skyldigast
plural skyldiga skyldigare skyldigast
masculine plural2 skyldige skyldigare skyldigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 skyldige skyldigare skyldigaste
all skyldiga skyldigare skyldigaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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