# skuld
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch schuld, from Middle Dutch schult, from Old Dutch *skult, from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skœlt/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

skuld (plural skulde)
* guilt, fault
* debt

#### Descendants

* → Sotho: sekoloto
* → Tswana: sekoloto
* → Zulu: isikweletu

### Verb

skuld (present skuld, present participle skuldende, past participle geskuld)
* (transitive, ditransitive) to owe, to be indebted to

## Gothic
### Romanization

skuld
* Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌳

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse skuld, from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ʏlt

### Noun

skuld f (genitive singular skuldar, nominative plural skuldir)
* a debt
    innheimta skuld ― collect a debt
    útistandandi skuld ― outstanding debt
    skuldum vafinn ― be deep in debt
    greiða upp skuld ― liquidate a debt
* (plural only, of a company) liabilities
* blame
    Synonym: sök
    að skella skuldinni á einhvern ― to put the blame on someone

#### Related terms

* skulda
* skuldari

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* skyld

### Etymology

From Old Norse skuld.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skʊl(d)/

### Noun

skuld f (definite singular skulda, indefinite plural skulder, definite plural skuldene)
* blame
* fault
* guilt
* sake
    for hennar skuldfor her sake
* debt

#### Derived terms

* skuldig
* truskuld

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skuldiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéltis.

### Noun

skuld f
* debt, obligation

#### Related terms

* Skuld
* skulu

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: skuld
* Swedish: skuld
* Danish: skyld

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skuld”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Old Swedish
### Alternative forms

* skyld

### Etymology

From Old Norse skuld, from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéltis.

### Noun

skuld f
* debt, obligation
* guilt, blame

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse skuld, from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéltis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skɵld/
* Audio (Gotland):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɵld

### Noun

skuld c
* debt
* guilt, blame

#### Derived terms

* bankskuld
* bruttoskuld
* hedersskuld
* hyresskuld
* kapitalskuld
* kontokortsskuld
* krigsskuld
* låneskuld
* löneskuld
* miljonskuld
* nettoskuld
* oskuld
* skatteskuld
* skuldavskrivning
* skuldbelastad
* skuldbelopp
* skuldbelägga
* skuldbeläggning
* skuldberg
* skuldbörda
* skuldebrev
* skuldfri
* skuldfrihet
* skuldfråga
* skuldfälla
* skuldförbindelse
* skuldkomplex
* skuldkonto
* skuldkris
* skuldkvot
* skuldkänsla
* skuldlättnad
* skuldlös
* skuldlöshet
* skuldmedvetande
* skuldmedveten
* skuldmedvetenhet
* skuldpost
* skuldproblem
* skuldregister
* skuldrådgivare
* skuldrådgivning
* skuldränta
* skuldsanerare
* skuldsanering
* skuldsaneringslag
* skuldsatt
* skuldsedel
* skuldsätta
* skuldsättning
* skuldtak
* skuldtyngd
* småskuld
* spelskuld
* statsskuld
* studieskuld
* syndaskuld
* tacksamhetsskuld
* utlandsskuld

#### Related terms

* skull
* skyldig
* skylla

### Further reading

* skuld in Svensk ordbok.

## West Frisian
### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skuldi. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Not from Old Frisian, which has i and e.

### Noun

skuld c (plural skulden, diminutive skuldsje)
* debt
* guilt, fault

#### Further reading

* “skuld”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011