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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

skyld.

blame, guilt (responsibility for wrongdoing)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/skylˀ/[ˈsɡ̊ylˀ]

  1. blame, guilt (responsibility for wrongdoing)

    common-gender · no-plural

  2. fault (responsibility for a mistake)

    common-gender · no-plural
    Der var ingen tvivl om den anklagedes skyld.
    Det er din skyld at vi tabte matchen.

  3. sake

    common-gender · no-plural
    Det er kun for børnenes skyld at vi endnu ikke er blevet skilt.

  4. debt

    common-gender · no-plural
    Og forlad os vor skyld,
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse skuld, from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz, cognate with Swedish skuld, German Schuld. Derived from *skulaną (Danish skulle).

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