skuffelse

Danish

Etymology

From skuffe (“disappoint”), cognate with Old Norse skaup/skop (“mockery”) and English scoff.

Noun

skuffelse c (singular definite skuffelsen, plural indefinite skuffelser)

1. disappointment

Inflection

Declension of skuffelse

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skuffelse	skuffelsen	skuffelser	skuffelserne
genitive	skuffelses	skuffelsens	skuffelsers	skuffelsernes

Further reading

• “skuffelse” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From skuffe (“to disappoint”) +‎ -else.

Noun

skuffelse m (definite singular skuffelsen, indefinite plural skuffelser, definite plural skuffelsene)

1. a disappointment

References

• “skuffelse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From skuffe (“to disappoint”) +‎ -else.

Noun

skuffelse m (definite singular skuffelsen, indefinite plural skuffelsar, definite plural skuffelsane)

1. a disappointment

Synonyms

• vonbrot

References

• “skuffelse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.