skuffe

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

IPA^(key): [ˈsɡɔfə] (noun and verb)

skuffe c (singular definite skuffen, plural indefinite skuffer)

1. drawer

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

1. to disappoint

• skuffelse

• “skuffe” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

• skuff (drawer)

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

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

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)

• skuffelse

• “skuffe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• skuff (drawer)

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

• IPA^(key): /²skʊfːə/, /²skʉfːə/

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

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

• “skuffe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.