See also: Brekke

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German breken, from Old Saxon brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (to break).

Verb edit

brekke (imperative brekk, present tense brekker, simple past brakk, past participle brukket, present participle brekkende)

  1. to break
  2. to fracture
  3. to snap

brekke (present tense brekker seg, past tense brakk seg, past participle brukket seg) (reflexive)

  1. to gag (experience a vomiting reflex)

References edit

West Frisian edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

brekke

  1. to break

Inflection edit

Strong
infinitive brekke
3rd singular past briek
past participle brutsen
infinitive brekke
long infinitive brekken
gerund brekken n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular brek briek
2nd singular brekst briekst
3rd singular brekt briek
plural brekke brieken
imperative brek
participles brekkend brutsen
  • Variant past-tense 1st: bruts
  • Variant past-tense 2nd: brutst
  • Variant past-tense 3rd: bruts
  • Variant past plural: brutsen

Further reading edit

  • brekke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011