skal

See also: skál, skäl, skål, and škál

Danish

Etymology 1

Compare Old High German scāla (“shell, scale, bowl”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skal/, [sɡ̊alˀ]
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

skal c (singular definite skallen, plural indefinite skaller)

  1. shell, valve
  2. skin, peel, rind
  3. skull
Inflection

Etymology 2

See skulle (“should”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ska/, [ˈsɡa]
  • IPA(key): /skal/, [ˈsɡal]

Verb

skal

  1. present tense of skulle

Etymology 3

See skalle (“peel, flake”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skal/, [sɡ̊alˀ]

Verb

skal

  1. imperative of skalle

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛaːl

Verb

skal

  • 1st and 3rd person singular present form of skula
  1. I, he, she, it shall, ought to

Usage notes

Conjugation

Gothic

Romanization

skal

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

skal

  1. present tense of skulle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skaːl/

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skalː/

Verb

skal

  1. present tense of skulla and skulle

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skal.

Pronunciation

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Noun

skal n

  1. (uncountable and countable) shell (a hard covering)
  2. (usually uncountable) peel; outer layer or cover of a fruit or vegetable

Declension

Declension of skal 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skal skalet skal skalen
Genitive skals skalets skals skalens

Anagrams

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Noun

skal (plural skals)

  1. pot, cup

Declension

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