bröd

From Old Swedish brø̄þ, from Old Norse brauð (“bread”), from Proto-Germanic *braudą. Cognate with Dutch brood (“bread”), German Brot (“bread”), English bread, Danish brød (“bread”), Icelandic brauð (“bread”).

• IPA^(key): /brøː(d)/

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• Rhymes: -øːd, -øː

bröd n

1. (countable, uncountable) bread

   hembakat bröd

   homemade [homebaked] bread

   en limpa bröd / brödlimpa

   a loaf of bread

   en brödskiva / skiva bröd

   a slice of bread

   leva på vatten och bröd

   live on bread and water

   Giv [dated, traditional – usually ge] oss idag vårt dagliga bröd

   Give us today our daily bread

• Since bröd is sometimes pronounced /brøː/ (without the final /d/), it is sometimes treated as a vowel final neuter word like spö (“rod”) with the definite singular bröt, plural brön, definite plural bröna, compare träd.

• limpa (“loaf”)
• macka (“sandwich”)
• smörgås (“sandwich”)

• bröd in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bröd in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bröd in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• börd