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

Anagrams Edit

North Frisian Edit

Etymology Edit

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

Verb Edit

breek

  1. (Heligoland), (Sylt) to break