brok

See also: brók and brøk

Danish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German brok. Compare German Bruch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʁʌɡ]

Noun

brok c or n (singular definite brokken or et, plural indefinite brok)

1. (pathology) hernia

Declension

Declension of brok

either gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brok	brokken et	brok	brokkene
genitive	broks	brokkens ets	broks	brokkenes

Derived terms

• brokoperation
• glidebrok
• lyskebrok
• navlebrok
• pungbrok
• rygmarvsbrok

Etymology 2

A back-formation of brokke.

Noun

brok c or n (uncountable)

1. complaining, grumbling

   Synonym: brokkeri

2. trouble; mess, problem

Etymology 3

From English brock, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brokkos.

Noun

brok c (singular definite brokken, plural indefinite brokke)

1. (archaic, hunting) a badger

   Synonym: grævling

Declension

Declension of brok

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brok	brokken	brokke	brokkene
genitive	broks	brokkens	brokkes	brokkenes

References

• “brok” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch broc (“broken-off piece”), also attested as plural brocken. Probably from a merger of two interrelated nouns, both belonging to the root of breken (“to break”):

• Old Dutch *broc, from Proto-Germanic *brukaz, cognate with Old High German broh, Old English (ge)broc;
• Old Dutch *brocko, from Proto-Germanic *brukkô, cognate with Old High German brocko (modern German Brocken).

The merger is made likely because in Middle Dutch the first noun should have plural *broken, whereas the latter noun should have singular *brocke. Alternatively, the attested forms can be due to early levelling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɔk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: brok
• Rhymes: -ɔk

Noun

brok m or n (plural brokken, diminutive brokje n)

1. a scrap, remnant of shattering
2. (in the plural, informal) damage, harm, wreckage, pieces (as a consequence of an accident)
3. a lump, chunk, piece
4. (in the plural) a dry, lumpy form of pet food

Derived terms

• Blokzijler brok
• brokken
• brokkenmaken
• brokkenmelk
• brokkenpap
• brokkenpiloot
• broksgewijs
• brokstuk
• galgebrok
• hondenbrok
• kattenbrok

Related terms

• breken
• breuk

Descendants

• Negerhollands: broki, brokkie, brokkies
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: broki (archaic)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse brók, from Proto-Germanic *brōks. Akin to English breeches.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bruːk/

Noun

brok f (definite singular broka, indefinite plural brøker, definite plural brøkene)

1. (clothing) A pair of trousers, pants.

Derived terms

• brokbein
• gammalbrok
• karabrok
• knebrok
• langbrok
• skinnbrok
• spanderbrok
• stuttbrok
• underbrok
• utanpåbrok
• vadmålsbrok

References

• “brok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• bork

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Brocken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔk/
• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Syllabification: brok
• Homophone: Brok

Noun

brok m inan

1. (hunting) birdshot (very fine hunting shot)

   Hypernym: śrut

2. (Near Masovian, milling) steel bushing in which a spindle of a windmill rotates

Declension

Declension of brok

	singular
nominative	brok
genitive	broku
dative	brokowi
accusative	brok
instrumental	brokiem
locative	broku
vocative	broku

Further reading

• “brok”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• Władysław Matlakowski (1891), “brok”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności‎^[2], volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 363