bruka

See also: brúka

Albanian

Noun

bruka

1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural and definite nominative singular of brukë

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrʊkɐ]

Verb

brùka

1. third-person singular present of brukti
2. third-person plural present of brukti

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbruka]

Noun

bruka

1. genitive singular of bruk
2. accusative singular of bruk
3. nominative dual of bruk

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• brukene

Noun

bruka n

1. definite plural of bruk (Noun 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrʉːkɑ/

Noun

bruka n

1. definite plural of bruk (Noun 2)

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German bruken.

Alternative forms

• bruke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²brʉːkɑ/

Verb

bruka (present tense brukar/bruker, past tense bruka/brukte, past participle bruka/brukt, passive infinitive brukast, present participle brukande, imperative bruka/bruk)

1. to use

Synonyms

• nytta

Derived terms

• bruktbil
• velbruka, velbrukt

References

• “bruka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brūkan.

Verb

brūka

1. to use

Inflection

Conjugation of brūka (strong class 2)

infinitive	brūka
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	brūke	brāk
2nd person singular	brūkest, brūkst	brākest, brākst
3rd person singular	brūketh, brūkth	brāk
plural	brūkath	breken
subjunctive	present	past
singular	brūke	breke
plural	brūke, brūken	breke, breken
imperative	present
singular	brūk
plural	brūketh
participle	present	past
	brūkande	ebreken, breken

Descendants

• North Frisian: bruwcken
• Saterland Frisian: bruke
• West Frisian: brûke

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbru.ka/
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: bru‧ka

Verb

bruka

1. third-person singular present of brukać

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brûka/
• Hyphenation: bru‧ka

Noun

brȕka f (Cyrillic spelling бру̏ка)

1. (informal, slang) shame, disgrace
2. (informal, slang) person in disgrace

Declension

Declension of bruka

	singular	plural
nominative	brȕka	bruke
genitive	bruke	brȗkā
dative	bruci	brukama
accusative	bruku	bruke
vocative	bruko	bruke
locative	bruci	brukama
instrumental	brukom	brukama

Related terms

• brȕkati

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German bruken, from Old Saxon brukan.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

bruka (present brukar, preterite brukade, supine brukat, imperative bruka)

1. (auxiliary) to use to (present tense of used to); to be in the habit of

   Han brukar äta majs

   He often / regularly eats corn

   Han brukade segla runt sjön på somrarna.

   He used to sail around the lake in the summer.

2. to cultivate, till, farm
3. (dated) to make use of

Usage notes

Like English used to, but as natural-sounding in the present tense as in the past tense.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bruka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	bruka		brukas
Supine	brukat		brukats
Imperative	bruka		—
Imper. plural1	bruken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	brukar	brukade	brukas	brukades
Ind. plural1	bruka	brukade	brukas	brukades
Subjunctive2	bruke	brukade	brukes	brukades
	Participles
Present participle	brukande
Past participle	brukad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• bruk
• brukare
• förbruka
• missbruka

Descendants

• → Finnish: ruukata

Further reading

• bruka in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• bukar, burka