skal

From Proto-Germanic *skalō, cognate with German Schale.

• IPA^(key): /skalˀ/, [ˈsɡ̊alˀ]

skal c (singular definite skallen, plural indefinite skaller)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /skal(ˀ)/, [ˈsɡ̊alˀ], [ˈsɡ̊al], [ˈsɡ̊a]

skal

1. present tense of skulle

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /skalˀ/, [ˈsɡ̊alˀ]

skal

1. imperative of skalle

• Rhymes: -ɛaːl

From Old Norse skal.

skal n (genitive singular skals, plural skøl)

1. shell, peel, rind, skin

• hylki, útskinn, flus

• eggjaskal, nøtarskal
• appilsinskal, bananskal, drúvuskal, eplaskal, sitrónskal

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

skal

1. first/third-person singular present of skula

   danskt skal lærast væl

   Danish ought to be learned well

skal

1. romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻

skal

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of skulu

skal

1. first/third-person singular present of skel

skal

1. present tense of skulle

skal n (definite singular skalet, indefinite plural skal, definite plural skala or skalene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by skall

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• IPA^(key): /skɑːl/

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.

• IPA^(key): /skɑlː/

skal

1. present of skulla

• “skal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

skal

1. first/third-person singular present active indicative of skulu

skal

1. first-person present indicative of skulan
2. third-person present indicative of skulan

skal

1. first-person present indicative of skula
2. third-person present indicative of skula

• IPA^(key): /ˈskal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: skal

skal f

1. genitive plural of skala

   Synonym: skali

From Old Swedish skal, from Old Norse skel, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cleave”). Compare Danish skæl, Dutch schaal, Dutch schil, English shale, English shell, German Schale, Norwegian skjell.

• IPA^(key): /skɑːl/

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skal n

1. (usually uncountable when thought of as a substance) shell ((hard) external covering of an animal, egg, nut, various objects, etc. – used similarly to English)
2. (usually uncountable) peel, skin (outer layer or cover of a fruit or vegetable)

   bananskal

   banana peel

3. a hard case (especially for a mobile phone, tablet computer, or the like)
4. (computing) a shell

   Synonym: skalprogram

• skala (“to peel”)

• etui
• fodral
• kommandorad (“command line”)
• kommandotolk (“command-line interpreter”)

• skal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• skal in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• IDG:s ordlista

• Klas

skal (nominative plural skals)

1. pot, cup