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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch schuld, also schout, from Old Dutch skult, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldi, from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sxʏlt/
- Hyphenation: schuld
- Rhymes: -ʏlt
Noun
schuld f (plural schulden, diminutive schuldje n)
- (finance, accounting) debt, account payable
- Antonym: vordering
Vanwege de exorbitant hoge schulden die hij bij haar had, besloot Annie de Nigeriaanse prins te gijzelen.- Because of the astronomically high debts he owed to her, Annie decided to take the Nigerian prince as a hostage.
- (law, by extension) any obligor’s duty to perform
- Antonym: vordering
- blame, fault (responsibility for a mishap or mistake)
Ze legde de schuld voor de misdaad bij de wanbetaler.- She laid the blame for the crime on the one who failed to pay.
- (law) guilt, culpability
Maar het hof was overduidelijk over haar schuld voor.- But the court was abundantly clear about her guilt of deprivation of liberty.
- guilt; fault (condition of moral deficiency)
Door mijn schuld, door mijn schuld, door mijn grote schuld!- By my fault, by my fault, by my most grievous fault!
Derived terms
Descendants
German
Etymology
From Schuld.
Pronunciation
Adjective
schuld (strong nominative masculine singular schulder, not comparable)
- Only used in schuld sein (“to be at fault”)
Further reading
- “schuld” in Duden online
- “schuld” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache