skule
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Possibly from Middle Low German schulen
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²skʉːlə/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse skóli, ultimately from Ancient Greek σχολεῖον (skholeîon), from σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure; conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold, have, possess”). Akin to English school.
Alternative forms
- skole (also Bokmål)
Noun
skule m (definite singular skulen, indefinite plural skular, definite plural skulane)
- school
- Skal du på skulen i dag?
- Are you going to school today?
Derived terms
Alternative forms
Verb
skule (present tense skuler, past tense skulte, past participle skult, passive infinitive skulast, present participle skulande, imperative skul)
Verb
skule (present tense skal, past tense skulle, past participle skula or skulla)
Before 1959: skule (present tense skal, past tense skulle, past participle skula)
Before 1938: skule (present tense skal, past tense skulde, past participle skula)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 1987; superseded by skulle