bregne
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Danish
Etymology
From Middle Danish brækne, from Old Norse (related to Swedish bräken (“fern”)), from Proto-Germanic *brak- (“bushes, undergrowth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.
Pronunciation
Noun
bregne c (singular definite bregnen, plural indefinite bregner)
Inflection
Declension of bregne
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bregne | bregnen | bregner | bregnerne |
| genitive | bregnes | bregnens | bregners | bregnernes |
References
- “bracken”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “bregne” in Gammeldansk Ordbog
Further reading
bregne on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Related to Danish bregne, English bracken, and Swedish bräken
Noun
bregne f or m (definite singular bregna or bregnen, indefinite plural bregner, definite plural bregnene)
- a fern
References
- “bregne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Related to Danish bregne, English bracken, and Swedish bräken
Noun
bregne m (definite singular bregnen, indefinite plural bregnar, definite plural bregnane)
- a fern
References
- “bregne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.