skäl

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See also: skal, skál, skål, and škál

Saterland Frisian

Pronunciation

Verb

skäl

  1. first-person singular indicative present of skälle
  2. third-person singular indicative present of skälle

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “skälle”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Swedish

Etymology

From Low German shel, schele, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *skiljaną (“to divide, split”).

Pronunciation

Noun

skäl n

  1. cause, purpose, the reason why something is done
  2. parting (of roads)
  3. (weaving) shed (parting of warps)

Usage notes

  • In the structure of European Union documents, "preamble (citations and recitals)" is translated with "ingress (beaktandeled och skäl)".

Declension

Declension of skäl 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skäl skälet skäl skälen
Genitive skäls skälets skäls skälens

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