storebror
Danish edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
storebror c (singular definite storebroren, plural indefinite storebrødre)
Declension edit
Declension of storebror
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | storebror | storebroren | storebrødre | storebrødrene |
genitive | storebrors | storebrorens | storebrødres | storebrødrenes |
Coordinate terms edit
- storesøster (elder sister) lillesøster (younger sister), lillebror (younger brother)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
storebror m (definite singular storebroren, indefinite plural storebrødre, definite plural storebrødrene)
References edit
- “storebror” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From store (“big”) + bror (“brother”).
Noun edit
storebror m (definite singular storebroren, indefinite plural storebrør, definite plural storebrørne)
- a sibling's older brother
- (figurative) something biger, stronger or more important or experienced in comparison
- Big Brother
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
- storebrorsa (colloquial)
Etymology edit
Noun edit
storebror c
- an older brother, a big brother
- Antonym: lillebror
- Big Brother
- 1948, the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
- Storebror ser dig!
- Big Brother is watching you
- 1948, the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Declension edit
Declension of storebror | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | storebror | storebrodern | storebröder | storebröderna |
Genitive | storebrors | storebroderns | storebröders | storebrödernas |