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

• IPA^(key): /ˈskufə/, /ˈskʉfə/ (typically /ʉ/ in etymology 3, /u/ otherwise)

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.

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

1. (tools) shovel
2. (on an excavator) bucket
3. (furniture) alternative form of skuff (“drawer”)

Either denominal from etymology 1 or directly from the underlying Middle Low German schûven (“to push”), from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną.

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

1. to shovel (something)

From Middle Low German schōven (“to cheat, swindle”), usually derived from schōve (“scale of a fish”), with the notion of “to scale off”, hence “to denude, deprive”. Compare dated German beschuppen in the same sense.

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

1. 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.