brekan

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.

Verb

brekan

1. to break

Conjugation

Conjugation of brekan (strong class 4)

infinitive	brekan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	briku	brak
2nd person singular	brikis	brāki
3rd person singular	brikid	brak
plural	brekad	brākun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	breke	brāki
2nd person singular	brekes	brākis
3rd person singular	breke	brāki
plural	breken	brākin
imperative	present
singular	brek
plural	brekad
participle	present	past
	brikandi	gibrokan, brokan

Derived terms

• bibrekan

Descendants

• Middle Low German: breken
  • Low German: breken
  • Plautdietsch: bräakjen
  • → Danish: brække
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: brekke
  • → Swedish: bräcka