brekke

See also: Brekke

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German breken, from Old Saxon brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”).

Verb

brekke (imperative brekk, present tense brekker, simple past brakk, past participle brukket, present participle brekkende)

1. to break
2. to fracture
3. to snap

brekke (present tense brekker seg, past tense brakk seg, past participle brukket seg) (reflexive)

1. to gag (experience a vomiting reflex)

References

• “brekke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian breka, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.

Verb

brekke

1. to break

Inflection

Strong
infinitive	brekke
3rd singular past	briek
past participle	brutsen
infinitive	brekke
long infinitive	brekken
gerund	brekken n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	brek	briek
2nd singular	brekst	briekst
3rd singular	brekt	briek
plural	brekke	brieken
imperative	brek
participles	brekkend	brutsen

• Variant past-tense 1st: bruts
• Variant past-tense 2nd: brutst
• Variant past-tense 3rd: bruts
• Variant past plural: brutsen

Further reading

• “brekke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011