bröst

See also: bróst, bròst, and Brost

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bryst, brist, brøst, from Old Norse brjóst, from Proto-Germanic *breustą (“breast, chest”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

bröst n

1. (anatomy) breast; the fleshy organs on the chest of a sexually mature human female
2. (anatomy) chest, thorax; the portion of the body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen
3. bosom

Declension

Declension of bröst
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bröst	bröstet	bröst	brösten
Genitive	brösts	bröstets	brösts	bröstens

Hypernyms

• kroppsdel

Derived terms

• brösta
• bröstfeber (“pneumonia; pleurisy”)
• bröstimplantat
• bröstkorg

Further reading

• bröst in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• bröts