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Danish
Etymology
Equivalent to bred (“wide”) + -de (noun suffix), from Old Norse breidd, from Proto-Germanic *braidiþō.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /brɛːˀdə/,
Noun
bredde c (singular definite bredden, plural indefinite bredder)
- breadth, width
Declension
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse breidd (compare Old English brad), from the adjective breiðr "wide" (compare bred/brei), sense 2 is from Latin latitudo.
Noun
bredde m (definite singular bredden, indefinite plural bredder, definite plural breddene)
- wide, breadth, width (compare bred/brei), across, depth
- Huset har en bredde på fire meter.
- The house is four metres wide/across. (literally: "the house has a width of four metres")
- Barna gikk fem i bredden.
- The children walked five abreast. (literally: "the children walked five in the width")
- Denne historien mangler bredde.
- This story is lacking depth.
- latitude
Oslo ligger på 60 grader nordlig bredde.- Oslo is at 60 degrees northern latitude.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with the noun bredd which has a similar inflection and means "brim" or "(river) bank".
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Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Verb
bredde
- simple past of bre
References
Swedish
Verb
bredde
- past indicative of breda
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