brekke

See also: Brekke

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Verb

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

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Verb

brekke

  1. to break

Inflection
Conjugation of brekke
Infinitive: brekke
Present tense Past tense
person singular plural singular plural
1st ik brek wy brekke ik briek, bruts wy brieken, brutsen
2nd do/dû brekst jimme brekke do/dû briekst, brutst jimme brieken, brutsen
3rd hy/sy brekt hja brekke hy/sy briek, bruts hja brieken, brutsen
Present participle Imperative Auxiliary Past participle
brekkend (brekkende) brek hawwe brutsen

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