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Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
schulden
- plural of schuld
German
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German schulden, from Old High German skuldōn, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldōn.
Pronunciation
Verb
schulden (weak, third-person singular present schuldet, past tense schuldete, past participle geschuldet, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to owe
- jemandem etwas schulden ― to owe someone something
- to be due to
2012 June 13, Die Welt, archived from the original on 12 April 2013, page 22:Das Aussterben der Mammuts wurde nicht durch ein einzelnes Ereignis ausgelöst, sondern war einer neuen Studie zufolge vielmehr mehreren Ursachen geschuldet.- The extinction of the mammoths was not triggered by a single event but, according to a newer study, was rather due to multiple causes.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
schulden (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
schulden (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “schulden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schulden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “schulden” in Duden online
- “schulden” in OpenThesaurus.de
Middle English
Noun
schulden
- Alternative form of schelden