skuffe

Danish

Etymology

From Low German schuf, from the Middle Low German verb schûven, from Old Saxon *skiovan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeuban (to drive, push).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɡɔfə] (noun and verb)

Noun

skuffe c (singular definite skuffen, plural indefinite skuffer)

  1. drawer

Declension

Declension of skuffe
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skuffe skuffen skuffer skufferne
genitive skuffes skuffens skuffers skuffernes

Verb

skuffe (imperative skuf, infinitive at skuffe, present tense skuffer, past tense skuffede, perfect tense skuffet)

  1. to disappoint

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Low German schuf (drawer), and possibly from the Low German verb schuven (to shovel).

Alternative forms

Noun

skuffe f or m (definite singular skuffa or skuffen, indefinite plural skuffer, definite plural skuffene)

  1. (furniture) drawer
  2. (tools) shovel
  3. (on an excavator) bucket

Etymology 2

From Low German schuven (sense 1) and schoven (sense 2).

Verb

skuffe (imperative skuff, present tense skuffer, passive skuffes, simple past and past participle skuffa or skuffet, present participle skuffende)

  1. to shovel (something)
  2. to disappoint (someone)
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Low German schuf (drawer), and possibly from the Low German verb schuven (to shovel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²skʊfːə/, /²skʉfːə/

Noun

skuffe f (definite singular skuffa, indefinite plural skuffer, definite plural skuffene)

  1. (furniture) drawer
  2. (tools) shovel
  3. (on an excavator) bucket

References