brygga

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

brygga m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of brygge

Verb

brygga

  1. inflection of brygge:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Norwegian bryggja, from Old Norse *bryggja (past participle brugginn), from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, brew”).

Alternative forms

Verb

brygga (present tense bryggar or brygger, past tense brygga or brygde, past participle brygga or brygd or brygt, passive infinitive bryggast, present participle bryggande, imperative brygg)

  1. to brew

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

brygga f

  1. definite singular of brygge

References

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish bryggia, from Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-, *bʰrēw-.

Noun

brygga c

  1. a pier supported on piles or cribs, or floating on pontoons, used for mooring small boats or for bathing
  2. a bridge; nautical
  3. bridge; gymnastics
  4. (dentistry) a bridge (prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth)
    Synonym: tandbrygga
Declension
Declension of brygga 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative brygga bryggan bryggor bryggorna
Genitive bryggas bryggans bryggors bryggornas
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Verb

brygga (present bryggar, preterite bryggade, supine bryggat, imperative brygga)

  1. to bridge (to create a connection; more commonly in the compound överbrygga, but also on its own)
    • 1995, Swedish government, Proposition 1995/96:38 Länsindelningen i Skåne och Västsverige m.m., section 3.4.2
      En stor del av nuvarande hinder har i Västsverige bryggats över genom samarbete mellan Göteborgs och Bohus och Älvsborgs län.
      A large portion of current obstacles have in Western Sweden been bridged through cooperation between Göteborgs och Bohus and Älvsborg County.
    Jag bryggade bränslepumpsrelät och fick det omlött
    I bridged the fuel pump relay and had it resoldered
Conjugation
Conjugation of brygga (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive brygga bryggas
Supine bryggat bryggats
Imperative brygga —
Imper. plural1 bryggen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative bryggar bryggade bryggas bryggades
Ind. plural1 brygga bryggade bryggas bryggades
Subjunctive2 brygge bryggade brygges bryggades
Participles
Present participle bryggande
Past participle bryggad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish bryggia, from Old Norse *bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną.

Verb

brygga (present brygger, preterite bryggde, supine bryggt, imperative brygg)

  1. to brew (to prepare liquor or coffee)
Conjugation
Conjugation of brygga (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive brygga bryggas
Supine bryggt bryggts
Imperative brygg —
Imper. plural1 bryggen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative brygger bryggde bryggs, brygges bryggdes
Ind. plural1 brygga bryggde bryggas bryggdes
Subjunctive2 brygge bryggde brygges bryggdes
Participles
Present participle bryggande
Past participle bryggd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
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