brød
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Danish brøth, from Old Norse brauð (“bread”), from Proto-Germanic *braudą, cognate with Swedish bröd, English bread, German Brot.
Noun edit
brød n (singular definite brødet, plural indefinite brød)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “brød” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
brød
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse brauð, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brød n (definite singular brødet, indefinite plural brød, definite plural brøda or brødene)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
brød
References edit
- “brød” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Danish brød, from Old Norse brauð, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. Akin to English bread.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brød n (definite singular brødet, indefinite plural brød, definite plural brøda)
Usage notes edit
While the form brød was first brought to the language from Danish, the increased modern use in place of other words such as stump and koke / kake, is largely due to influence from Bokmål. In close to all dialects, braud would have been the natural form, cf. daud and sau(d).
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “brød” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.