brist
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Danish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse brestr m, from Proto-Germanic *brestuz. Doublet of brøst.
Noun
[edit]brist c or n (singular definite bristen or bristet, plural indefinite brister or brist)
Declension
[edit]Declension of brist
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]brist
- imperative of briste
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]brist
- Alternative form of burst
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]brist
- Alternative form of bresten
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Verb
[edit]brist
- imperative of briste
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]brist c
- lack
- matbrist
- lack of food
- deficiency
- flaw, shortcoming
- Han är inte utan brister
- He is not without flaws
- Det finns brister i processen
- There are flaws in the process
- flaw, shortcoming
Usage notes
[edit]Something wanting, generally.
Declension
[edit]| Declension of brist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | brist | bristen | brister | bristerna |
| Genitive | brists | bristens | bristers | bristernas |
Derived terms
[edit]- arbetsbrist
- arbetskraftsbrist
- blodbrist
- bostadsbrist
- bristfällig
- bristfällighet
- bristläge
- bristområde
- bristsituation
- bristsjukdom
- bristtillstånd
- bristvara
- bristyrke
- bränslebrist
- elbrist
- järnbrist
- kalkbrist
- kapacitetsbrist
- kapitalbrist
- karaktärsbrist
- kassabrist
- kompetensbrist
- kunskapsbrist
- kvalitetsbrist
- köttbrist
- likviditetsbrist
- livsmedelsbrist
- lokalbrist
- läkarbrist
- lärarbrist
- matbrist
- näringsbrist
- oljebrist
- organbrist
- personalbrist
- platsbrist
- proteinbrist
- resursbrist
- rumsbrist
- råvarubrist
- snöbrist
- syrebrist
- säkerhetsbrist
- sömnbrist
- tidsbrist
- utrymmesbrist
- varubrist
- vattenbrist
- vitaminbrist
- vätskebrist
Related terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]brist
- imperative of brista
Further reading
[edit]- brist in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- brist in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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