bruken

From Middle Low German brûken, Old Saxon brūkan.

bruken (third-person singular simple present bruukt, past tense bruuk, past participle bruukt, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to need to, to have to (in negation or with the adverb alleen (“just, only”), you can also use möten)

   Du bruukst nich op mi to töven.

   You don’t need to wait for me.

   (or Du musst nich op mi to töven, see usage notes)

• In a negative sentence, möten or dörven are often used instead of bruken. For example, “you don’t need to go yet” is usually translated by du musst noch nich gahn instead of du bruukst noch nich to gahn.
• The verb nödig hebben is used to express the need of something.

From Middle Low German gebrūken, Old Saxon gibrūkan, from Proto-Germanic *gabrūkaną. See Etymology 1 above.

bruken (third-person singular simple present bruukt, past tense bruuk, past participle bruukt, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to use

From Old Dutch *brūkan, from Proto-West Germanic *brūkan.

bruken

1. to use
2. to enjoy (the use/benefit of)
3. to lease (of land)
4. to sell (of small things)

• gebruken
• misbruken
• ontbruken

• Dutch: bruiken (archaic)
• Limburgish: broeke

• “bruken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bruken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

From Old Saxon brūkan

• IPA^(key): /bruːkən/

brûken

1. to use, utilise, to make use of either an object or a right
2. to enjoy, to have use from
3. to need
4. to work in a craft

• Low German: bruken
• → Danish: bruge
• → Icelandic: brúka
• → Faroese: brúka
• → Norwegian Bokmål: bruke
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: bruke
• → Polabian: brükot
• → Swedish: bruka
  • → Finnish: ruukata

• bruket

bruken m or n

1. definite masculine singular of bruk (Noun 1)

• bruket

bruken m or n

1. definite masculine singular of bruk (Noun 1)

bruken

1. definite plural of bruk

• burken