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Schuld.

debt

6 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃʊlt/

  1. debt

    feminine · plural-normally
    Wer wird für diese Schulden aufkommen?

  2. fault

    feminine · singular · usually
    es ist nicht meine Schuld, dass...

  3. guilt

    feminine · singular · singular-only

  4. blame, responsibility

    feminine · singular · singular-only
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German schult, from Old High German sculd, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldi, from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz. Cognate with obsolete English shild (“debt, fault, guilt”).

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