brydning
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From bryde (“to break”) + -ing (verbal noun) (and brydes (“to wrestle”) + -ing).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brydning c (singular definite brydningen, plural indefinite brydninger)
- breaking
- mining, hewing
- (in the plural) conflict
- (physics) refraction (bending of waves)
- (linguistics) breaking (a change of a vowel to a diphthong)
- (sports) wrestling
Declension edit
Declension of brydning
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | brydning | brydningen | brydninger | brydningerne |
| genitive | brydnings | brydningens | brydningers | brydningernes |