riffel

See also: Riffel

Danish

Etymology

Shortened 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

riffel c (singular definite riflen or riffelen, plural indefinite rifler)

1. rifle (firearm with a rifled barrel)

Inflection

Declension of riffel

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	riffel	riflen riffelen	rifler	riflerne
genitive	riffels	riflens riffelens	riflers	riflernes

References

• “riffel” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Verb

riffel

1. inflection of riffeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative