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Danish
Noun
storebror c (singular definite storebroren, plural indefinite storebrødre)
- an elder brother
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From store + bror.
Noun
storebror m (definite singular storebroren, indefinite plural storebrødre, definite plural storebrødrene)
- big brother
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From store (“big”) + bror (“brother”).
Noun
storebror m (definite singular storebroren, indefinite plural storebrør, definite plural storebrørne)
- a sibling's older brother
- (figurative) something biger, stronger or more important or experienced in comparison
- Big Brother
Swedish
Etymology
store + bror
Noun
storebror c
- an older brother, a big brother
- Antonym: lillebror
- Big Brother
- 1948, the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Storebror ser dig!- Big Brother is watching you
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