# skal
## Danish
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *skalō, cognate with German Schale.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skalˀ/, [ˈsɡ̊alˀ]

#### Noun

skal c (singular definite skallen, plural indefinite skaller)
* shell, valve
* skin, peel, rind
* skull

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skal(ˀ)/, [ˈsɡ̊alˀ], [ˈsɡ̊al], [ˈsɡ̊a]

#### Verb

skal
* present tense of skulle

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skalˀ/, [ˈsɡ̊alˀ]

#### Verb

skal
* imperative of skalle

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɛaːl

### Etymology 1

From the verb skula.

#### Verb

skal
* 1st and 3rd person singular present form of skulla
* I, he, she, it shall, ought to

##### Usage notes

* danskt skal lærast væl - Danish ought to be learned well

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Old Norse skal.

#### Noun

skal n (genitive singular skals, plural skøl)
* shell, peel, rind, skin

##### Synonyms

* hylki, útskinn, flus

##### Hyponyms

* eggjaskal, nøtarskal
* appilsinskal, bananskal, drúvuskal, eplaskal, sitrónskal

## Gothic
### Romanization

skal
* Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻

## Icelandic
### Verb

skal
* first/third-person singular present indicative of skulu

## North Frisian
### Verb

skal
* first/third-person singular present of skel

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

skal
* present tense of skulle

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

skal n (definite singular skalet, indefinite plural skal, definite plural skala or skalene)
* form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by skall

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skɑːl/

#### Noun

skal n (definite singular skalet, indefinite plural skal, definite plural skala)
* shell
    Krabben hadde nett skift skal.The crab had just gotten a new shell.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skɑlː/

#### Verb

skal
* present of skulla

### References

* “skal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Verb

skal
* first/third-person singular present active indicative of skulu

## Old Saxon
### Verb

skal
* first-person present indicative of skulan
* third-person present indicative of skulan

## Old Swedish
### Verb

skal
* first-person present indicative of skula
* third-person present indicative of skula

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈskal/
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: skal

### Noun

skal f
* genitive plural of skala
    Synonym: skali

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish skal, from Old Norse skel, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cleave”). Compare Danish skæl, Dutch schaal, Dutch schil, English shale, English shell, German Schale, Norwegian skjell.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skɑːl/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

skal n
* (usually uncountable when thought of as a substance) shell ((hard) external covering of an animal, egg, nut, various objects, etc. – used similarly to English)
* (usually uncountable) peel, skin (outer layer or cover of a fruit or vegetable)
    bananskalbanana peel
* a hard case (especially for a mobile phone, tablet computer, or the like)
* (computing) a shell
    Synonym: skalprogram

#### Derived terms

* apelsinskal
* bananskal
* hummerskal
* krabbskal
* kräftskal
* lökskal
* ostronskal
* räkskal
* skalbagge
* skalbolag
* skaldjur
* snäckskal
* tacoskal
* äggskal
* äppelskal

#### Related terms

* skala (“to peel”)

#### See also

* etui
* fodral
* kommandorad (“command line”)
* kommandotolk (“command-line interpreter”)

### References

* skal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* skal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* skal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* skal in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
* IDG:s ordlista

### Anagrams

* Klas

## Volapük
### Noun

skal (nominative plural skals)
* pot, cup

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only