bråd

See also: braad, brad, Brad, brád, and bráð

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish brāþer, from Old Norse bráðr (“hasty, sudden”), from Proto-Germanic *brēþaz (“hot, in a hurry, rushed”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrē-, *bʰerē- (“steam, vapour”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to seethe, toss about, cook”). Cognate with Icelandic bráður.

Adjective

bråd (comparative brådare, superlative brådast)

1. sudden, hasty, busy, full of hurry

   ond, bråd död ― evil and sudden death (i.e. a murder)

   bråda dagar ― busy days

Declension

Inflection of bråd
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	bråd	brådare	brådast
Neuter singular	brått	brådare	brådast
Plural	bråda	brådare	brådast
Masculine plural3	bråde	brådare	brådast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	bråde	brådare	brådaste
All	bråda	brådare	brådaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

• brådmogen
• bråddjup

Related terms

• brått (bråttom)

Further reading

• bråd in Svensk ordbok.