skulle

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɡ̊ulə], [ˈsɡ̊u]

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

From Old Norse skulu, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną.

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.

• “skulle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

From Old Norse skulu, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną.

• IPA^(key): /²skʉlːə/

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.

• “skulle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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”).^[1]

• ſkulle (obsolete typography)

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

• höskulle

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

• skulde (obsolete)

skulle

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

See ska and skola for senses and examples.

• skulle kunna

• skulle in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skulle in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

• kulles