tryffel

tryffel

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Trüffel, from French truffe.

Noun

tryffel c

  1. truffle (fungi)
  2. truffle (chocolate)

Declension

Declension of tryffel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tryffel tryffels
definite tryffeln tryffelns
plural indefinite tryfflar tryfflars
definite tryfflarna tryfflarnas

Descendants

  • Finnish: tryffeli

Further reading

  • tryffel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
  • tryffel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)