brække
See also: brekke
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German breken, from Old Saxon brekan, cognate with English break, German brechen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brɛkə/, [ˈb̥ʁaɡ̊ə]
Verb
brække (imperative bræk, infinitive at brække, present tense brækker, past tense brækkede, perfect tense har brækket)
- (transitive, intransitive) to break (to end up in two or more pieces that cannot easily be reassembled, or to cause to end up in two or more pieces)
- (transitive, intransitive) to break, crack, fracture (of a bone, to crack, or to cause to crack)
- (reflexive) to throw up, vomit (to regurgitate the contents of a stomach). See Thesaurus:vomit, Thesaurus:regurgitate
- Synonym: kaste op
Conjugation
Derived terms
- bræk (“vomit, break-in”)
- brækning (“vomiting”)
- halsbrækkende (“breakneck”)
- radbrække (“break on the wheel”)
References
- “brække” in Den Danske Ordbog