Also means
indebted, owing
Usage Note
schuldig covers both legal guilt (schuldig sprechen — find guilty) and the everyday sense of owing something (Sie sind mir noch Geld schuldig — you still owe me money). Context always makes the meaning clear.
Examples
"Das Gericht sprach ihn in allen Punkten schuldig."
Natural Translation
The court found him guilty on all counts.
Literal Translation
The court spoke him in all points guilty.
Related Words
- Abmahnschreiben formal warning letter (demanding cessation of unlawful conduct)
- Abschiebung deportation
- Akteneinsicht access to files
- Amtsgericht local court
- Amtspflicht official duty; duty of care owed by a public official
- Anfechtungsklage action for annulment
- Angeklagte defendant
- Anhörung hearing; right to be heard (before a decision is made)
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