skrubbe

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Akin to Danish skrubbe, apparently from Swedish skrubba

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Verb

skrubbe (imperative skrubb, present tense skrubber, passive skrubbes, simple past and past participle skrubba or skrubbet, present participle skrubbende)

  1. to scrub (something)
  2. (reflexive) to skin (something; graze a part of one's body accidentally)

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