bror

• broder

From Old Norse bróðir (“brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʁoɐ̯/, [ˈpʁo̝ɒ̯̽]

bror c (singular definite broren, plural indefinite brødre)

1. brother (male sibling)

• “bror” in Den Danske Ordbog

• broder

From Old Norse bróðir (“brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr (“brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).

• IPA^(key): /bruːr/

bror m (definite singular broren, indefinite plural brødre, definite plural brødrene)

1. a brother

• far, pappa
• mor, mamma
• søster, søsken
• sønn, datter

• “bror” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• broder (long form)

From Old Norse bróðir (“brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Akin to English brother.

• IPA^(key): /bruːr/

bror m (definite singular broren, indefinite plural brør, definite plural brørne)

1. brother

• far, pappa
• mor, mamma
• syster, sysken
• son, dotter

• “bror” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• broder

From Old Swedish broþir, from Old Norse bróðir (“brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbruːr/

bror c

1. a brother, a contracted form of broder
2. (slang) bro (usually friendly term of address)

The contracted form bror is far more common in daily use, but only applies to indefinite singular. For definite singular and for plural, the original -de- must be used. See also far, mor. The original broder is still used for friars.

• broder
• brorsa

• brorsbarn
• brorsdotter
• brorskål
• brorslott
• brorson
• farbror
• lillebror
• morbror
• storebror
• styvbror

• bror in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bror in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bror in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)