brød

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

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

brød n (singular definite brødet, plural indefinite brød)

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

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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

brød

  1. past tense of bryde

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Verb

brød

  1. simple past of bry

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

References

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