bror

• broder

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

• IPA^(key): /bror/, [b̥ʁoɐ̯]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

bror c (singular definite broren, plural indefinite brødre)

1. brother (male sibling)

• “bror” in Den Danske Ordbog

• broder

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

• IPA^(key): /bruːr/

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

1. a brother

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

• “bror” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• broder

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

• IPA^(key): /bruːr/

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

1. brother

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

• “bror” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• broder

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

• IPA^(key): /bruːr/

bror c

1. a brother, a contracted form of broder

• 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.

• broder
• brorsa

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

• bror in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)