bror
See also: Bror
Danish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse bróðir (“brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.
Pronunciation
Noun
bror c (singular definite broren, plural indefinite brødre)
- brother (male sibling)
Declension
Declension of bror
References
- “bror” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse bróðir (“brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.
Pronunciation
Noun
bror m (definite singular broren, indefinite plural brødre, definite plural brødrene)
- a brother
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “bror” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse bróðir (“brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Akin to English brother.
Pronunciation
Noun
bror m (plural broren)
Derived terms
Terms derived from bror
Related terms
References
- “bror” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Swedish broþir, from Old Norse bróðir (“brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.
Pronunciation
Noun
bror c
Usage notes
- The contracted form bror is far more common in daily use, but only applies to indefinite singular. For definite singular and for plural, the original -de- must be used. See also far, mor. The original broder is still used for friars.
Declension
Declension of bror | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bror | brodern | bröder | bröderna |
Genitive | brors | broderns | bröders | brödernas |
Declension of bror | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | broder | brodern | bröder | bröderna |
Genitive | broders | broderns | bröders | brödernas |
Synonyms
Related terms
References
Categories:
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Danish/oːɐ̯
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Family
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish nouns with irregular plurals
- sv:Male family members