bringe (third-person singular simple present bringes or bringeth, present participle bringing, simple past and past participle broughte)
From Middle High German bringen. Compare German bringen, Dutch brengen, English bring, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (briggan).
bringe (third-person singular simple present bringt, past participle praacht, auxiliary haa)
From Old Norse bringa, from Proto-Germanic *bringô, which is related to *brinkaz (“edge, hill”). Cognate with Swedish bringa, Old English bringádl (“epilepsy”).
bringe c (singular definite bringen, plural indefinite bringer)
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bringe | bringen | bringer | bringerne |
genitive | bringes | bringens | bringers | bringernes |
Borrowed from Middle Low German bringen, brengen, from Old Saxon brengian.
Cognate with English bring, German bringen, Dutch brengen, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (briggan). Norwegian bringe and Swedish bringa are also borrowed from Low German.
bringe (past tense bragte, past participle bragt)
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bringe f or m (definite singular bringa or bringen, indefinite plural bringer, definite plural bringene)
From Middle Low German bringen.
bringe (imperative bring, present tense bringer, passive bringes, simple past brakte or bragte, past participle brakt or bragt, present participle bringende)
The verb forms bragte and bragt are only used in Riksmål, and are presumably taken from Danish.
bringe f (definite singular bringa, indefinite plural bringer, definite plural bringene)
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From Middle High German bringen, from Old High German bringan.
Compare German bringen, Dutch brengen, English bring.
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From Old Frisian brenga, bringa.
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Infinitive: bringe | ||||||||
Present tense | Past tense | |||||||
person | singular | plural | singular | plural | ||||
1st | ik | bring | wy | bringe | ik | brocht | wy | brochten |
2nd | do/dû | bringst | jimme | bringe | do/dû | brochtst | jimme | brochten |
3rd | hy/sy | bringt | hja | bringe | hy/sy | brocht | hja | brochten |
Present participle | Imperative | Auxiliary | Past participle | |||||
bringend (bringende) | bring | hawwe | brocht |