bringa

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• bringan

Etymology

From Old High German bringan, from Proto-West Germanic *bringan, from Proto-Germanic *bringaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥riŋɐ/
• Hyphenation: brin‧ga

Verb

bringa (past participle bråcht)

1. (transitive) to bring, to fetch, to take, to convey, to bear
2. (transitive) to bring, to lead, to guide, to accompany
3. (ditransitive) to cause (someone) to have (something); to cause (something) to exist for the benefit, or to the detriment, of (someone); to cause (something) to be a part of (something)
4. (transitive, with zan, zum, z' and nominalized verb, or with dazua and z' infinitive or dåss clause, or with dazua as a demonstrative) to get, to cause (someone to do something)
5. (transitive, often with wås or nix) to accomplish; to yield
6. (intransitive) to deliver; to perform well
7. (transitive, with hinter + reflexive pronoun) to get over with
8. (transitive, with certain phrases, formal) To cause the action implied by a phrase to take place, possibly making the sentence more passive or indirect.

   in Eiklång bringen ― to reconcile

   z'Foi bringa ― to bring down

   in Gång bringa ― to initiate

   in Ordnung/Urdnung bringa ― to put in order

   aufn Punkt bringa ― to get to the point

   in Sicherheit bringa ― to bring to safety

   in Verbindung bringa ― to associate

Conjugation

Derived terms

Faroese

Pronunciation

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Noun

bringa f (genitive singular bringu, plural bringur)

1. breast, chest

Declension

See also

• bróst
• boppa
• favnur
• barmur
• bak
• bulur
• búkur
• rumpa
• kroppur
• armur
• fótur

Galician

Alternative forms

• brenga

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brīnika (“twig”), cognate with Welsh brwyn (“rushes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾiŋɡa̝/

Noun

bringa f (plural bringas)

1. twig of osier
2. wood sheet used in the elaboration of baskets

Derived terms

• bringuelo (“tall and slender”)

References

• “bringa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “bringa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “bringa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a playful word formation, maybe a contraction of bricska (“buggy”) and inga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: brin‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɡɒ

Noun

bringa (plural bringák)

1. (colloquial) bike

   Synonyms: bicaj, bicikli, kerékpár

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• bringa , mostly redirecting to kerékpár (not available yet) and bicikli in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bringa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpriŋka/

  Rhymes: -iŋka

Noun

bringa f (genitive singular bringu, nominative plural bringur)

1. breast, chest

Declension

Derived terms

• bringubein
• skjóta skelk í bringu (to give a scare)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bringa f (definite singular bringa, indefinite plural bringer or bringor, definite plural bringene or bringone)

1. definite singular of bringe
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of bringe

Old Frisian

Verb

bringa

1. Alternative form of brenga

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bringô, which is related to *brinkaz (“edge, hill”).

Noun

bringa f (genitive bringu)

1. chest, brisket

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: bringa
• Faroese: bringa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bringe
• Danish: bringe
• Swedish: bringa

References

• “bringa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese brigar and Kabuverdianu briga.

Verb

bringa

1. to fight

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bringa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bringa c

1. a breast, a chest; chiefly if wide
2. meat from the chest part of an animal

Declension

Compounds

• oxbringa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Low German bringen, brengen, from Old Saxon brengian, bringan.

Compare Dutch brengen, German bringen, English bring, West Frisian bringe.

Pronunciation

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Verb

bringa (present bringar, preterite bringade or bragte, supine bringat or bragt, imperative bringa)

1. (archaic) to bring; to transport toward someone else
   • 1865, O helga natt, translation of 1843 Cantique de Noël (known in English as O Holy Night).

     Uti din slav du ser en älskad broder
     Och se, din ovän blir dig kär
     Från himlen bragte frälsaren oss friden
     För oss han nedsteg i sin stilla grav

     In thy slave thou seest a beloved brother
     And see, thy enemy becomes thee dear
     From heaven the Saviour brought us peace
     For us he stepped down into his still grave

2. (archaic) to get someone to do something

Conjugation

Derived terms

• bringa om livet
• frambringa
• tillbringa
• uppbringa
• återbringa

See also

• ta med

References

• bringa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bringa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bringa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)