skyffel
Swedish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle Low German schüffel, schüffele, schuffele, schūfele, schūfle.
Noun
editskyffel c
Usage notes
editUsually considered a type of spade in Swedish.
Declension
editDeclension of skyffel | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | skyffel | skyffeln | skyfflar | skyfflarna |
Genitive | skyffels | skyffelns | skyfflars | skyfflarnas |
Derived terms
edit- sopskyffel (“dustpan”)
Related terms
edit- skyffla (“to shovel”)
See also
edit- skovel (“large broad curved shovel”)
References
edit- skyffel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skyffel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- skyffel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)