brekke

See also: Brekke

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German breken, from Old Saxon brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”).

Verb

brekke (imperative brekk, present tense brekker, simple past brakk, past participle brukket, present participle brekkende)

  1. to break
  2. to fracture
  3. to snap
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brekke (present tense brekker seg, past tense brakk seg, past participle brukket seg) (reflexive)

  1. to gag (experience a vomiting reflex)

References

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian breka, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.

Verb

brekke

  1. to break

Inflection
Strong
infinitive brekke
3rd singular past briek
past participle brutsen
infinitive brekke
long infinitive brekken
gerund brekken n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular brek briek
2nd singular brekst briekst
3rd singular brekt briek
plural brekke brieken
imperative brek
participles brekkend brutsen
  • Variant past-tense 1st: bruts
  • Variant past-tense 2nd: brutst
  • Variant past-tense 3rd: bruts
  • Variant past plural: brutsen

Further reading
  • “brekke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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