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Danish
Etymology
Presumably derived from snubbe (“to truncate a word, interrupt in a rude manner”), from Old Norse snubba (“to speak harshly to, scold”), which, like the source of English snip, is probably imitative in some manner. Compare English snub (“to rebuff, spurn”).
Verb
snuble (imperative snubl, infinitive at snuble, present tense snubler, past tense snublede, perfect tense snublet)
- to stumble
Conjugation
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Related to dialectal snubbe
Verb
snuble (imperative snubl or snuble, present tense snubler, passive snubles, simple past and past participle snubla or snublet, present participle snublende)
- to stumble, trip (over something)
2013, Johannes Anyuru, En storm kom fra paradiset, Forlaget Press, →ISBN:Han snubler fram gjennom høye gresset, han hører flyene over trærne, han snubler over røtter og nedfalne greiner.- He stumbles forward through the tall grass, he hears the planes above the trees, he stumbles over roots and fallen branches.
References
- “snuble” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “snuble” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Related to dialectal snubbe
Verb
snuble (present tense snublar, past tense snubla, past participle snubla, passive infinitive snublast, present participle snublande, imperative snuble/snubl)
- to stumble, trip (over something)
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