riffel
See also: Riffel
Danish
editEtymology
editShortened from riffelbøsse (“rifled firearm”), from the verb rifle (“to produce grooves or furrows in something”), ultimately from or related to Proto-West Germanic *rīfilōn (“to scratch, scrape”).
Noun
editriffel c (singular definite riflen or riffelen, plural indefinite rifler)
- rifle (firearm with a rifled barrel)
Inflection
editDeclension of riffel
References
edit- “riffel” in Den Danske Ordbog
German
editVerb
editriffel
- inflection of riffeln: