Noun: husfusel
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Definite
| Sg. | husfuselen |
| Pl. | husfuslene |
Sample Sentences
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[(Can we date this quote?), Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter III, page 304:]
Nouns inflected like husfusel
seidel,
snabel,
sirkel,
husordensregel,
halvsirkel,
drivaksel,
synsvinkel,
boligmangel,
breddesirkel,
parabel,
husfusel,
eplestrudel,
Bibel,
tilførsel,
polarsirkel,
melkekjertel,
barberhøvel,
bukspyttkjertel,
etterspørsel,
bokhandel, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
hus + fusel, first part from Old Norse hús (“house”), from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kews-, from *(s)kewH- (“cover, hide”). Last part from German Fusel (“hooch, booze, swill”), from Low German Fusel. See: Old Norse Nouns '
hús', German Nouns '
Fusel'.
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