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skyldig

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish skyldigh, skyldugh, from Old Norse skyldugr. In part influenced by Middle Low German schuldich and German schuldig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skyldi/, [ˈsɡ̊yld̥i]

Adjective

skyldig (neuter skyldigt, plural and definite singular attributive skyldige)

  1. guilty
  2. owed
  3. due

Inflection

More information positive, comparative ...

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Antonyms

References

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From skyld + -ig.

Adjective

skyldig (neuter singular skyldig, definite singular and plural skyldige)

  1. guilty

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From skyld + -ig.

Adjective

skyldig (neuter singular skyldig, definite singular and plural skyldige)

  1. guilty

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Etymology

skuld + -ig, from Old Swedish skyldogher, skuldogher, from skuld, skull. In part influenced by Middle Low German schuldich and German schuldig.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

skyldig (comparative skyldigare, superlative skyldigast)

  1. guilty
  2. owed, due, indebted

Declension

More information Indefinite, positive ...

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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