brød

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See also: brod, Brod, bröd, bród, and brôd

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /brøːˀð/, [ˈb̥ʁœðˀ], [ˈpʁœ̝ðˀ]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Danish brøth, from Old Norse brauð (“bread”), from Proto-Germanic *braudą, cognate with Swedish bröd, English bread, German Brot.

Noun[edit]

brød n (singular definite brødet, plural indefinite brød)

  1. bread
Declension[edit]
Declension of brød
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative brød brødet brød brødene
genitive brøds brødets brøds brødenes
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

brød

  1. past tense of bryde

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Wikipedia no

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse brauð, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

brød n (definite singular brødet, indefinite plural brød, definite plural brøda or brødene)

  1. (a loaf of) bread
    ristet brød - toast (see also toast (Bokmål))
  2. (slang) penis
  3. (slang) breasts
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

brød

  1. simple past of bry

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Danish brød, from Old Norse brauð, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. Akin to English bread.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

brød n (definite singular brødet, indefinite plural brød, definite plural brøda)

  1. (a loaf of) bread
    rista brød - toast (see also toast (Nynorsk))
    Synonyms: koke, kake
  2. (slang) penis
  3. (slang) breasts

Usage notes[edit]

While the form brød was first brought to the language from Danish, the increased modern use in place of other words such as stump and koke / kake, is largely due to influence from Bokmål. In close to all dialects, braud would have been the natural form, cf. daud and sau(d).

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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