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Verbal noun to the archaic bestyrte (“astound, astonish”) + -else.
- IPA(key): /bestyrtəlsə/, [b̥eˈsd̥yɐ̯ˀd̥əlsə]
bestyrtelse c (singular definite bestyrtelsen, not used in plural form)
- dismay
- consternation
bestyrtelse
- consternation, dismay