adjective

schuldig

guilty

Dieses Wort beschreibt eine Person, die für etwas verantwortlich ist, besonders wenn sie einen Fehler oder ein Verbrechen begangen hat.

The German adjective schuldig primarily translates to "guilty" or "at fault." Depending on the context, it can have different nuances:

Guilt/Responsibility: Used when someone has committed a crime, a moral transgression, or is responsible for a negative outcome. (e.g., "Er ist schuldig." - "He is guilty.")
Indebtedness: Used to describe someone who owes money or a favor to someone else. (e.g., "Ich bin dir noch fünf Euro schuldig." - "I still owe you five euros.")
Obligated: Used to indicate that someone is under an obligation to do something.

Grammar: schuldig is an adjective. It is often used with the genitive case or the preposition "an" + dative when expressing what someone is guilty of (e.g., "Er ist des Diebstahls schuldig" or "Er ist an dem Unfall schuld").
Word origin: The word stems from the Old High German sculdig, derived from sculd (debt/obligation), which is related to the verb sollen (to owe/should).

Synonyms:

verantwortlich (responsible)
haftbar (liable)
verschuldet (indebted/in debt)
tätig (in the sense of having caused something, often used as schuld sein)