brusk

See also: brüsk

English

Adjective

brusk (comparative brusker or more brusk, superlative bruskest or most brusk)

1. (US) Alternative spelling of brusque

Anagrams

• Burks

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse brjósk (“cartilage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brusk/, [b̥ʁusɡ̊]

Noun

brusk c (singular definite brusken, plural indefinite bruske)

1. cartilage, gristle

Inflection

Declension of brusk

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brusk	brusken	bruske	bruskene
genitive	brusks	bruskens	bruskes	bruskenes

Further reading

• brusk on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

brus +‎ -k

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [brusk]

Noun

brusk m ?

1. diminutive of brus

Declension

Declension of brusk

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	brusk	bruska	bruski
Genitive	bruska	bruskowu	bruskow
Dative	bruskoju	bruskoma	bruskam
Accusative	brusk	bruska	bruski
Instrumental	bruskom	bruskoma	bruskami
Locative	brusku	bruskoma	bruskach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “brusk”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “brusk”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag