Polyglot Dictionary

Schuld

/ʃʊlt/

die noun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. fault, blame

    Also in "die Schuld an etwas haben" (to be to blame for something).

    • Das ist nicht deine Schuld.

      That's not your fault.

  2. debt

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

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English

mistake

Close — fault, blame relates to a mistake.

Practice

1 What does Schuld mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ist nicht deine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Schuld?

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