braka

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See also: bräka and bråka

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse braka.

Verb

braka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative brakaði, supine brakað)

  1. to creak, to crackle
  2. (of snow) to crunch
Conjugation
braka — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að braka
supine
(sagnbót) 		brakað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		brakandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég braka við brökum present
(nútíð) 		ég braki við brökum
þú brakar þið brakið þú brakir þið brakið
hann, hún, það brakar þeir, þær, þau braka hann, hún, það braki þeir, þær, þau braki
past
(þátíð) 		ég brakaði við brökuðum past
(þátíð) 		ég brakaði við brökuðum
þú brakaðir þið brökuðuð þú brakaðir þið brökuðuð
hann, hún, það brakaði þeir, þær, þau brökuðu hann, hún, það brakaði þeir, þær, þau brökuðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		braka (þú) brakið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
brakaðu brakiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Etymology 2

Noun

braka

  1. indefinite genitive plural of brak

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *braką.

Verb

braka

  1. to creak, crack
    brakaði mjǫk í skipinu

Descendants

  • Danish: brage
  • Icelandic: braka
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brake
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brake, braka
  • Swedish: braka

Swedish

Etymology

brak (“crash”) +‎ -a

Verb

braka (present brakar, preterite brakade, supine brakat, imperative braka)

  1. (fairly rare by itself) to make a loud crashing sound like the sound of a large tree falling or a structure collapsing
  2. (with a particle specifying a direction) to collapse or collide with something, making such a sound
    Huset brakade ihop / brakade samman
    The house came crashing down ("crashed together," literally)
    Lastbilen brakade in i sidan av huset
    The truck crashed into the side of the house
  3. (figuratively, often with loss (“loose”) for a beginning) to break out, to crash (start or end with great intensity)
    Vintern har brakat loss
    Winter has broken out
    Kriget brakade loss i februari
    The war broke out in February
    Förhandlingarna har brakat ihop
    The negotiations have crashed

Conjugation

Conjugation of braka (weak)
active passive
infinitive braka —
supine brakat —
imperative braka —
imper. plural1 braken —
present past present past
indicative brakar brakade — —
ind. plural1 braka brakade — —
subjunctive2 brake brakade — —
present participle brakande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

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References

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