bror

See also Bror

Danish

Alternative forms

• broder

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bror/, [b̥ʁoɐ̯]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

bror c (singular definite broren, plural indefinite brødre)

1. brother (male sibling)

Inflection

    Inflection of bror

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	bror	broren	brødre	brødrene
genitive	brors	brorens	brødres	brødrenes

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• broder

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. brother

Related terms

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

Derived terms

• blodsbror
• halvbror
• stebror

References

• “bror” in The Bokmål Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• broder

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. brother

Related terms

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

Derived terms

• blodsbror
• halvbror
• stykbror

References

• “bror” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• broder

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bruːr/

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Noun

bror c

1. a brother, a contracted form of broder

Declension

Declension of bror

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bror	brodern	bröder	bröderna
genitive	brors	broderns	bröders	brödernas

Declension of broder

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	broder	brodern	bröder	bröderna
genitive	broders	broderns	bröders	brödernas

Usage notes

• 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.

Related terms

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

Synonyms

• broder
• brorsa

References

• bror in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)