bror

See also: Bror

Danish

Alternative forms

• broder

Etymology

From Old Norse bróðir (“brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ʁoɐ̯]

Noun

bror c (singular definite broren, plural indefinite brødre)

1. brother (male sibling)

Declension

Declension of bror

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bror	broren	brødre	brødrene
genitive	brors	brorens	brødres	brødrenes

References

• “bror” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• broder

Etymology

From Old Norse bróðir (“brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr (“brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bruːr/

Noun

bror m (definite singular broren, indefinite plural brødre, definite plural brødrene)

1. a brother

Derived terms

Terms derived from bror

• blodsbror
• brorpart
• brorskap

• halvbror
• lillebror
• morbror

• stebror
• svigerbror

Related terms

• far, pappa
• mor, mamma
• søster, søsken
• sønn, datter

References

• “bror” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• broder (long form)

Etymology

From Old Norse bróðir (“brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Akin to English brother.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bruːr/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

bror m (definite singular broren, indefinite plural brør, definite plural brørne)

1. brother

Derived terms

Terms derived from bror

• blodsbror
• brorpart
• brorskap

• farbror
• halvbror
• morbror

• stebror
• stykbror
• svigerbror

Related terms

• far, pappa
• mor, mamma
• syster, sysken
• son, dotter

References

• “bror” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• broder

Etymology

From Old Swedish broþir, from Old Norse bróðir (“brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bruːr/

Noun

bror c

1. a brother, a contracted form of broder

Usage notes

• The contracted form bror is far more common in daily use, but only applies to indefinite singular. For definite singular and for plural, the original -de- must be used. See also far, mor. The original broder is still used for friars.

Declension

Declension of bror
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bror	brodern	bröder	bröderna
Genitive	brors	broderns	bröders	brödernas

Declension of bror
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	broder	brodern	bröder	bröderna
Genitive	broders	broderns	bröders	brödernas

Synonyms

• broder
• brorsa

Related terms

• brorsbarn
• brorsdotter
• brorskål
• brorslott
• brorson
• farbror
• lillebror
• morbror
• storebror
• styvbror

References

• bror in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)