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borst

See also: Borst and bōrst

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bɔrst/
  • borst(file)
  • Hyphenation: borst
  • Rhymes: -ɔrst

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch borst, from Old Dutch brust, from Proto-West Germanic *brust, from Proto-Germanic *brusts, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell, blow, inflate”).

Noun edit

borst f (plural borsten, diminutive borstje n)

  1. chest, thorax
    Synonyms: borstkas, thorax
  2. breast
    Synonyms: bloemkool, jetser, meloen, mem, pram, tet, tiet
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: bors
  • Negerhollands: borst, bos, borsje
  • → Sranan Tongo: borsu
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

borst

  1. inflection of borsten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch brust, from Proto-Germanic *brusts.

Noun edit

borst f

  1. chest
  2. breast

Inflection edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

Swedish edit

Noun edit

borst n

  1. bristle (stiff hair (on an animal))
  2. bristle (on a brush or broom or the like)
  3. awn

Declension edit

Declension of borst 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative borst borstet borst borsten
Genitive borsts borstets borsts borstens

Related terms edit

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