Afrikaans edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch breken, from Middle Dutch brēken, from Old Dutch *brecan, from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /brɪə̯k/
  • (file)

Verb edit

breek (present breek, present participle brekende, past participle gebreek)

  1. to break

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

breek

  1. inflection of breken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

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North Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian breka, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną.

Verb edit

breek

  1. (Heligoland), (Sylt) to break