brûke
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian brūka, from Proto-West Germanic *brūkan, from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to make use of”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
brûke
- to use
Inflection edit
| Weak class 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | brûke | |||
| 3rd singular past | brûkte | |||
| past participle | brûkt | |||
| infinitive | brûke | |||
| long infinitive | brûken | |||
| gerund | brûken n | |||
| auxiliary | hawwe | |||
| indicative | present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st singular | brûk | brûkte | ||
| 2nd singular | brûkst | brûktest | ||
| 3rd singular | brûkt | brûkte | ||
| plural | brûke | brûkten | ||
| imperative | brûk | |||
| participles | brûkend | brûkt | ||
Further reading edit
- “brûke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011