skuffe – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Norwegian Bokmål noun forms of skuffe

Noun: skuffe
Gender: Masculine, Feminine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.skuffe
Pl.skuffer

Definite

Sg.skuffa; skuffen
Pl.skuffene

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like skuffe

krokodille, snuppe, flytebrygge, smekke, slynge, slette, skøyte, sløyfe, brennesle, skuffe, skråme, skrøne, skisse, skinke, skinne, skjære, skorpe, diamantgruve, revebjelle, øygruppe, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Middle Low German schûf (“slider, shiftable element”, modern also “drawer”), deverbal from schûven (see etymology 2 below). In the sense of “shovel” probably influenced by related Middle Low German schuffel, schüffel (“shovel”). Compare skovl and skyffel.

Translations

  • shovel, to move materials with a shovel