braut

See also: brauð and Braut

German

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯t

Verb

braut

  1. inflection of brauen:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person plural present
    3. plural imperative

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prøyːt/
  • Rhymes: -øyːt

Etymology 1

From Old Norse braut; cognate with Faroese breyt.

Noun

braut f (genitive singular brautar, nominative plural brautir)

  1. path, course, way
  2. (bowling) lane
Declension
Declension of braut (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative braut brautin brautir brautirnar
accusative braut brautina brautir brautirnar
dative braut brautinni brautum brautunum
genitive brautar brautarinnar brauta brautanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inflected form of brjóta (to break).

Verb

braut

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative of brjóta

Luxembourgish

Verb

braut

  1. inflection of brauen:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person plural present indicative
    3. second-person plural imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

braut

  1. (non-standard since 2005) past tense of bryte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse braut.

Noun

braut f (definite singular brauta, indefinite plural brauter, definite plural brautene)

  1. path dug into the ground
  2. slope

Etymology 2

Verb

braut

  1. past tense of bryte

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brautō, derived from the verb *breutaną (to break) (hence Old Norse brjóta). For the semantic development, compare French route (road) from Latin rupta (via) (broken way).

Noun

braut f (genitive brautar, plural brautir)

  1. road, cleared path

Declension

Declension of braut (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative braut brautin brautir brautirnar
accusative braut brautina brautir brautirnar
dative braut, brautu brautinni, brautunni brautum brautunum
genitive brautar brautarinnar brauta brautanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: braut
  • Faroese: breyt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: braut
  • Old Norse: braut, brott, burt (away)

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “braut”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *brọdr

Noun

braut m

  1. brother
  2. friar

Descendants

Noun

braut f

  1. judgment, legal decision