bringe

See also: brînge

English

Verb

bringe (third-person singular simple present bringes or bringeth, present participle bringing, simple past and past participle broughte)

  1. 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)

  1. to bring

Derived terms

  • abbringe
  • abebringe
  • abenandbringe
  • anebringe
  • biibringe
  • häibringe
  • härebringe
  • iebringe
  • uebringe
  • umebringe
  • usebringe
  • uufbringe
  • uusbringe
  • zuebringe
  • zwäägbringe
  • zämebringe

References

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)

  1. chest (of a larger animal, especially horses)
Declension
Declension of bringe
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bringe bringen bringer bringerne
genitive bringes bringens bringers bringernes
References
  1. ^ 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)

  1. to bring
  2. to publish (in the mass media)
    Avisen bragte en historie om nogle vindruer.
    The newspaper published a story about some grapes.
Conjugation
Conjugation of bringe
active passive
present bringer bringes
past bragte bragtes
infinitive bringe bringes
imperative bring
participle
present bringende
past bragt
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund bringen
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

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Verb

bringe

  1. inflection of bringen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

From bryngen (to bring).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrinɡ(ə)/

Noun

bringe (plural bringes)

  1. (Early Middle English, hapax legomenon) gift
References

Etymology 2

Verb

bringe

  1. alternative form of bryngen

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brinɡə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bringa.

Noun

bringe f or m (definite singular bringa or bringen, indefinite plural bringer, definite plural bringene)

  1. chest

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)

  1. to bring, fetch
  2. to take, carry
  3. to deliver
Usage notes

The verb forms bragte and bragt are only used in Riksmål, and are presumably taken from Danish.

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bringa.

Noun

bringe f (definite singular bringa, indefinite plural bringer, definite plural bringene)

  1. chest

References

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrin.ɡe/, [ˈbriŋ.ɡe]

Verb

bringe

  1. inflection of bringan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. 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

  1. to bring

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian brenga, bringa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɪŋə/

Verb

bringe

  1. 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