brød

See also: brod, Brod, bröd, bród, and brôd

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brøːˀð/, [ˈb̥ʁœðˀ], [ˈpʁœ̝ðˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish brøth, from Old Norse brauð (bread), from Proto-Germanic *braudą, cognate with Swedish bröd, English bread, German Brot.

Noun

brød n (singular definite brødet, plural indefinite brød)

  1. bread
Declension
Derived terms

References

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

brød

  1. past tense of bryde

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse brauð, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brøː/
  • Rhymes: -øː

Noun

brød n (definite singular brødet, indefinite plural brød, definite plural brøda or brødene)

  1. (a loaf of) bread
    ristet brød - toast (see also toast (Bokmål))
  2. (slang) penis
  3. (slang) breasts
Derived terms

Alternative forms

Verb

brød

  1. simple past of bry

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish brød, from Old Norse brauð, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. Akin to English bread.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brøː/
  • Rhymes: -øː

Noun

brød n (definite singular brødet, indefinite plural brød, definite plural brøda)

  1. (a loaf of) bread
    rista brød - toast (see also toast (Nynorsk))
    Synonyms: koke, kake
  2. (slang) penis
  3. (slang) breasts

Usage notes

While the form brød was first brought to the language from Danish, the increased modern use in place of other words such as stump and koke / kake, is largely due to influence from Bokmål. In close to all dialects, braud would have been the natural form, cf. daud and sau(d).

Derived terms

References

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