brække
See also: brekke
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German breken, from Old Saxon brekan, cognate with English break, German brechen.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editbrække (imperative bræk, infinitive at brække, present tense brækker, past tense brækkede, perfect tense har brækket)
- (transitive, intransitive) to break (to end up in two or more pieces that cannot easily be reassembled, or to cause to end up in two or more pieces)
- (transitive, intransitive) to break, crack, fracture (of a bone, to crack, or to cause to crack)
- (reflexive) to throw up, vomit (to regurgitate the contents of a stomach). See Thesaurus:vomit, Thesaurus:regurgitate
- Synonym: kaste op
Conjugation
editInflection of brække
Derived terms
edit- bræk (“vomit, break-in”)
- brækning (“vomiting”)
- halsbrækkende (“breakneck”)
- radbrække (“break on the wheel”)
References
edit- “brække” in Den Danske Ordbog
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- Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Danish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰreg-
- Danish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Danish terms derived from Old Saxon
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