bruke

See also: brûke and brukë

Albanian

Noun

bruke

  1. indefinite dative/ablative singular of brukë

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German bruken.

Pronunciation

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Verb

bruke (imperative bruk, present tense bruker, passive brukes, simple past brukte, past participle brukt, present participle brukende)

  1. to use

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German bruken.

Verb

bruke (present tense brukar/bruker, past tense bruka/brukte, past participle bruka/brukt, passive infinitive brukast, present participle brukande, imperative bruke/bruk)

  1. alternative form of bruka

References

Saterland Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Frisian brūka, from Proto-West Germanic *brūkan. Cognates include West Frisian brûke and German brauchen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrukə/
  • Hyphenation: bru‧ke

Verb

bruke

  1. (transitive) to use
  2. (transitive) to need

Conjugation

Conjugation of bruke (weak type 1)
grúundfoarme bruke
infinitive tou bruken
present past
singular iek bruke bruukte
du bruukst bruuktest
hie/ju/dät bruukt bruukte
plural bruke bruukten
imperative
singular bruuk
plural bruket
present past
participle brukend bruukt
auxiliary verb häbe

Derived terms

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “bruke”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN