skuld

From Dutch schuld, from Middle Dutch schult, from Old Dutch *skult, from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz.

• IPA^(key): /skœlt/

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skuld (plural skulde)

1. guilt, fault
2. debt

• → Sotho: sekoloto
• → Tswana: sekoloto
• → Zulu: isikweletu

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1. (transitive, ditransitive) to owe, to be indebted to

skuld

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌳

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz.

• Rhymes: -ʏlt

skuld f (genitive singular skuldar, nominative plural skuldir)

1. a debt

   innheimta skuld ― collect a debt

   útistandandi skuld ― outstanding debt

   skuldum vafinn ― be deep in debt

   greiða upp skuld ― liquidate a debt

2. (plural only, of a company) liabilities
3. blame

   Synonym: sök

   að skella skuldinni á einhvern ― to put the blame on someone

• skulda
• skuldari

• skyld

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• IPA^(key): /skʊl(d)/

skuld f (definite singular skulda, indefinite plural skulder, definite plural skuldene)

1. blame
2. fault
3. guilt
4. sake

   for hennar skuld

   for her sake

5. debt

• skuldig
• truskuld

From Proto-Germanic *skuldiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéltis.

skuld f

1. debt, obligation

• Skuld
• skulu

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• Danish: skyld

• “skuld”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• skyld

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéltis.

skuld f

1. debt, obligation

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• IPA^(key): /skɵld/

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• Rhymes: -ɵld

skuld c

1. debt
2. guilt

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• skull
• skyldig
• skylla

• skuld in Svensk ordbok.

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skuldi. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

skuld c (plural skulden, diminutive skuldsje)

1. debt
2. guilt, fault

• “skuld”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011