bryst

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brøst/, [b̥ʁœ̞sd̥]

Noun

bryst n (singular definite brystet, plural indefinite bryster)

1. (uncountable) chest, breast
2. breast (either of the two fleshy organs on the front of a woman's (or sometimes a man's) chest)

   Synonyms: babser, jader, forlygter, nødder

Inflection

Declension of bryst

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bryst	brystet	bryster	brysterne
genitive	brysts	brystets	brysters	brysternes

Derived terms

• brystkasse

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

bryst n (definite singular brystet, indefinite plural bryst or bryster, definite plural brysta or brystene)

1. (anatomy) a chest

   ha hår på brystet - have a hairy chest

2. (anatomy) a breast (of a woman)

Synonyms

• pupp (woman's breast)

Derived terms

Terms derived from bryst

• barbrystet
• brystholder
• brystkasse

• brystkreft
• brystsmerte

• brystvorte
• kvinnebryst

References

• “bryst” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

bryst n (definite singular brystet, indefinite plural bryst, definite plural brysta)

1. (anatomy) a chest
2. (anatomy) a breast (of a woman)

Synonyms

• pupp (woman's breast)

Derived terms

Terms derived from bryst

• brystkasse
• brystkreft

• brystsmerte
• brystvorte

• kvinnebryst

References

• “bryst” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse brjóst, from Proto-Germanic *breustą.

Noun

bryst n

1. breast

Declension

Declension of bryst (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bryst	brystit	bryst	brystin
accusative	bryst	brystit	bryst	brystin
dative	brysti, bryste	brystinu, brysteno	brystum, brystom	brystumin, brystomen
genitive	brysts	brystsins	brysta	brystanna

Descendants

• Swedish: bröst