en skuld
Meaning
debt; amount due; fault; guilt; blame
In Swedish: (lånade) pengar som måste betalas tillbaka
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en skuld |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | skulden |
| Plural, indefinite | skulder |
| Plural, definite | skulderna |
skuld is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor skuld, den stora skulden. Check another noun
Practise skuld
1 / 2Is it en skuld or ett skuld?
skuld in a sentence
- det var min skuld att vi kom försentit was my fault that we arrived late
Words built with skuld
- skatteskuld tax debt
- studieskuld study debt
- skuld(e)brev instrument of debt
- skuldkänsla sense of guilt
- skuldmedveten conscious of guilt
Questions
What does skuld mean in English?
skuld means “debt, amount due”.
Is it en skuld or ett skuld?
It is en skuld, and “the debt” is skulden.
What is the plural of skuld?
The plural of skuld is skulder, and the definite plural is skulderna.
Origin
From Old Norse skuld, from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéltis.
Nearby common words
skuld is number 1,000 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary