brûke

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See also: bruke and brukë

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian brūka, from Proto-West Germanic *brūkan, from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (to make use of).

Pronunciation

Verb

brûke

  1. to use

Inflection

Weak class 1
infinitive brûke
3rd singular past brûkte
past participle brûkt
infinitive brûke
long infinitive brûken
gerund brûken n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular brûk brûkte
2nd singular brûkst brûktest
3rd singular brûkt brûkte
plural brûke brûkten
imperative brûk
participles brûkend brûkt

Further reading

  • brûke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011