Schuld

Borrowed from German Schuld.

Schuld (plural Schulds)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schuld is the 33343^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 685 individuals. Schuld is most common among White (94.45%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schuld”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

From Middle High German schult, from Old High German sculd. Cognate with obsolete English shild (“debt, fault, guilt”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃʊlt/

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Schuld f (genitive Schuld, plural Schulden)

1. (usually in the plural) debt

   Wer wird für diese Schulden aufkommen? ― Who will pay for these debts?

   • 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, chapter 2, in Buddenbrooks […] ‎^[1], Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, part 8, page 434:

     Er spielt in Rostock, er spielt in Warnemünde, und seine Schulden sind wie Sand am Meer.

     He gambles in Rostock, and he gambles in Warnemünde, and his debts are like the sands of the sea.

2. (singular only) fault
3. (singular only) guilt
4. (singular only) blame, responsibility

• schuld
• schuldig
• schulden

• “Schuld” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schuld” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Schuld” in Duden online

From Middle High German schult, from Old High German sculd.

• IPA^(key): /ʃult/

Schuld f (plural Schulde)

1. debt
2. fault

• schuldich
• Unschuld

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Middle Low German schult, from Old Saxon skuld, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldi, from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz.

• IPA^(key): /ʃʊlt/

Schuld f (plural Schullen or Schulden)

1. debt
2. fault
3. guilt