skull

skull in a sentence

• Jag är glad för din skull
  I'm happy for you (for your sake)
• Jag gjorde det för din skull
  I did it for you (for your sake)
• för gamla tiders skull
  for old times' sake
• Han dog för sin övertygelses skull
  He died for the sake of his convictions
• Hon gjorde det för rättvisans skull
  She did it for the sake of justice
• Jag gjorde ett litet misstag, men för den skull behöver du inte bli elak
  I made a small mistake, but that doesn't mean you have to be mean ("but for that sake ((just) because of that) you don't have to be mean" – "för den skull" can be considered an idiomatic phrase)
• Gränssnittet är enkelt utan att för den skull vara begränsat
  The interface is simple without (despite being simple) being limited ("The interface is simple without for that sake (without, because of that) being limited")
• För edra hjärtans hårdhets skull tillstadde Moses eder att skiljas från edra hustrur (archaic language)
  Moses because of the hardness of your hearts (for the sake of the hardness of your hearts) suffered you to put away your wives (Matthew 19:8)

Expressions

• för en gångs skull
  for once
• för säkerhets skull
  for safety's sake
• för din skull
  for your sake

Questions

Origin

An alternative form of skuld (“debt”), from Old Norse skuld, from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéltis.

Nearby common words

skull is number 524 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 520vinna win, gain
• 521kärlek love
• 522dam lady, madam
• 523dålig bad, poor
• 525vadå what, what?
• 526jack jack, plug
• 527stan town, alternative form of staden (“the city, the town”) (See the usage notes below for when "stan" is idiomatic. All usage examples below are idiomatic except the last.)
• 528ansikte face