bringe
English
Verb
bringe (third-person singular simple present bringes or bringeth, present participle bringing, simple past and past participle broughte)
- Obsolete spelling of bring.
Anagrams
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German bringen. Compare German bringen, Dutch brengen, English bring, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (briggan).
Pronunciation
Verb
bringe (third-person singular simple present bringt, past participle praacht, auxiliary haa)
- to bring
Derived terms
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 83.
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brenɡə/, [ˈb̥ʁæŋə], [ˈb̥ʁæŋŋ̩]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse bringa, from Proto-Germanic *bringô, which is related to *brinkaz (“edge, hill”).[1] Cognate with Swedish bringa, Old English bringádl (“epilepsy”).
Noun
bringe c (singular definite bringen, plural indefinite bringer)
- chest (of a larger animal, especially horses)
Declension
common gender |
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bringe | bringen | bringer | bringerne |
genitive | bringes | bringens | bringers | bringernes |
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “167”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 167
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle Low German bringen, brengen, from Old Saxon brengian.
Cognate with English bring, German bringen, Dutch brengen, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (briggan). Norwegian bringe and Swedish bringa are also borrowed from Low German.
Verb
bringe (past tense bragte, past participle bragt)
- to bring
- to publish (in the mass media)
- Avisen bragte en historie om nogle vindruer.
- The newspaper published a story about some grapes.
Conjugation
Derived terms
- afstedbringe
- anbringe
- bibringe
- bringe det vidt
- bringe frem
- bringe i erindring
- bringe ned
- bringe op
- bringe på bane
- bringe sammen
- bringe til verden
- bringe ud
- dødbringende
- helsebringende
- hjembringe
- indbringe
- lykkebringende
- medbringe
- overbringe
- tilbringe
- ulykkebringende
- viderebringe
References
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
bringe
- inflection of bringen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Middle English
Etymology 1
From bryngen (“to bring”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbrinɡ(ə)/
Noun
bringe (plural bringes)
- (Early Middle English, hapax legomenon) gift
References
- “bring, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Verb
bringe
- alternative form of bryngen
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brinɡə/
Etymology 1
Noun
bringe f or m (definite singular bringa or bringen, indefinite plural bringer, definite plural bringene)
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German bringen.
Verb
bringe (imperative bring, present tense bringer, passive bringes, simple past brakte or bragte, past participle brakt or bragt, present participle bringende)
Usage notes
The verb forms bragte and bragt are only used in Riksmål, and are presumably taken from Danish.
Derived terms
References
- “bringe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “bringe_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
bringe f (definite singular bringa, indefinite plural bringer, definite plural bringene)
References
- “bringe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbrin.ɡe/, [ˈbriŋ.ɡe]
Verb
bringe
- inflection of bringan:
- first-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German bringen, from Old High German bringan.
Compare German bringen, Dutch brengen, English bring.
Verb
bringe
- to bring
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian brenga, bringa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbrɪŋə/
Verb
bringe
- to bring
Inflection
Strong class 1 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | bringe | |||
3rd singular past | brocht | |||
past participle | brocht | |||
infinitive | bringe | |||
long infinitive | bringen | |||
gerund | bringen n | |||
auxiliary | hawwe | |||
indicative | present tense | past tense | ||
1st singular | bring | brocht | ||
2nd singular | bringst | brochtst | ||
clitic form | bringsto | brochtsto | ||
3rd singular | bringt | brocht | ||
plural | bringe | brochten | ||
imperative | bring | |||
participles | bringend | brocht |
Further reading
- “bringe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011