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
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Verb
skule (present tense skuler, past tense skulte, past participle skult, passive infinitive skulast, present participle skulande, imperative skul)
Etymology 3
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- form removed with the spelling reform of 1987; superseded by skulle