skyldig

Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse skyldugr, from skyldr. 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

Inflection of skyldig
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	skyldig	skyldigere	skyldigst2
Indefinite neuter singular	skyldigt	skyldigere	skyldigst2
Plural	skyldige	skyldigere	skyldigst2
Definite attributive1	skyldige	skyldigere	skyldigste
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

• (antonym(s) of “guilty”): uskyldig

Related terms

• skyld
• skylde

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From skyld +‎ -ig.

Adjective

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

1. guilty

Antonyms

• uskyldig

Derived terms

• medskyldig

References

• “skyldig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• skuldig

Etymology

From skyld +‎ -ig.

Adjective

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

1. guilty

Antonyms

• uskyldig

Derived terms

• medskyldig

References

• “skyldig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

Inflection of skyldig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	skyldig	skyldigare	skyldigast
Neuter singular	skyldigt	skyldigare	skyldigast
Plural	skyldiga	skyldigare	skyldigast
Masculine plural3	skyldige	skyldigare	skyldigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	skyldige	skyldigare	skyldigaste
All	skyldiga	skyldigare	skyldigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

• oskyldig
• skyldighet
• troskyldig