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schuld.

debt, account payable

6 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/sxʏlt/

  1. debt, account payable

    feminine
    Vanwege de exorbitant hoge schulden die hij bij haar had, besloot Annie de Nigeriaanse prins te gijzelen.

  2. any obligor’s duty to perform

    broadly · feminine

  3. blame, fault (responsibility for a mishap or mistake)

    feminine
    Ze legde de schuld voor de misdaad bij de wanbetaler.

  4. guilt, culpability

    feminine
    Maar het hof was overduidelijk over haar schuld voor.

  5. guilt; fault (condition of moral deficiency)

    feminine
    Door mijn schuld, door mijn schuld, door mijn grote schuld!
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch schult, also schout, from Old Dutch scult, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldi, from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz.

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