skulle

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse skulu, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną. Cognate with English shall.

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

Conjugation of skulle

active passive infinitive skulle — present skal — past skulle — imperative - — participle present skullende past (have / havde) skullet gerund skullen

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

• “skulle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• skulla (a and split infinitives)
• sko, sku (apocopic and dialectal)
• skoill, skoillj (Trøndelag dialect)

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

• “skulle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²skɵˌlːə/
• Rhymes: -²ɵlɛ

Etymology 1

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”).

Alternative forms

• ſkulle (obsolete typography)

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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	skulle	skulles
	definite	skullen	skullens
plural	indefinite	skullar	skullars
	definite	skullarna	skullarnas

Related terms

• höskulle

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Cognate with English should, German sollte, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (skulda).

Alternative forms

• skulde (obsolete)

Verb

skulle

1. past indicative of ska
2. past indicative of skall
3. past indicative of skola

Usage notes

See ska and skola for senses and examples.

Derived terms

• skulle kunna
• skulle vilja

References

• “skulle”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “skulle”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• kulles