brøk
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Danish
Etymology
From Low German brök, brok (“broken (number)”), from Middle Low German bröke, broke, from Proto-Germanic *brukiz (“breach”), cognate with English breach, German Bruch, Dutch breuk (Swedish bråk is also borrowed from Low German).
Pronunciation
Noun
brøk c (singular definite brøken, plural indefinite brøker)
- (arithmetic) fraction (ratio of two integers)
Declension
Declension of brøk
Derived terms
Descendants
- Greenlandic: brøki
References
- “brøk” in Den Danske Ordbog
brøk on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Low German brok, brök.
Noun
brøk m (definite singular brøken, indefinite plural brøker, definite plural brøkene)
- (arithmetic) a fraction (ratio of two integers)
Related terms
References
- “brøk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From German Low German brok, brök.
Noun
brøk m (definite singular brøken, indefinite plural brøkar, definite plural brøkane)
- (arithmetic) a fraction (part of a whole)
Related terms
References
- “brøk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.