riffel

See also: Riffel

Danish

Etymology

Shortened from riffelbøsse (“rifled firearm”), from the verb rifle (“to produce grooves or furrows in something”), ultimately from or related to Proto-West Germanic *rīfilōn (“to scratch, scrape”).

Noun

riffel c (singular definite riflen or riffelen, plural indefinite rifler)

  1. rifle (firearm with a rifled barrel)

Inflection

Declension of riffel
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative riffel riflen
riffelen 		rifler riflerne
genitive riffels riflens
riffelens 		riflers riflernes

References

German

Verb

riffel

  1. inflection of riffeln:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
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