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skitne.

to become dirty; to get soiled

6 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

verb/²ʃɪtːnə/
  1. to become dirty; to get soiled

  2. to dirty, soil, sully; to make dirty

    Hun har skitnet ut alle klærne sine.
    skitne til/ut
Where this word comes from

From skitten (“dirty, filthy, grimy”), after the pattern of adjective-derived verbs in -ne (“verb-forming suffix”), as in gulne (“to yellow”) and rødne (“to redden”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk skitne (“to dirty, soil”).

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