brust

See also: Brust

English

Verb

brust (third-person singular simple present brusts, present participle brusting, simple past and past participle brust)

  1. Obsolete form of burst.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

brust

  1. past participle of brusa

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brust, from Proto-Germanic *brusts.

Noun

brust f

  1. chest
  2. breast

Inflection

Declension of brust (feminine i-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative brust brusti
accusative brust brusti
genitive brusti brusto
dative brusti brustin, bruston

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: borst
    • Dutch: borst
      • Afrikaans: bors
      • Negerhollands: borst, bos, borsje
      • → Sranan Tongo: borsu
    • Limburgish: bórs, bósj

References

  • “brust (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brust. Cognate with Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃 (brusts).

Noun

brust f

  1. breast, chest

Declension

Declension of brust (feminine i-stem)
case singular plural
nominative brust brusti
accusative brust brusti
genitive brusti brusto
dative brusti brustim, brusten

Descendants

  • Middle High German: brust
    • Alemannic German:
      Swabian: Bruschd
    • Central Franconian:
      Kölsch: Bruss
    • German: Brust
    • Luxembourgish: Broscht
    • Vilamovian: brust
    • Yiddish: ברוסט (brust)

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German brust.

Pronunciation

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Noun

brūst f (plural brysta, diminutive brystła)

  1. (anatomy) breast; the fleshy organs on the chest of a sexually mature human female
  2. (anatomy) chest, thorax; the portion of the body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen
  3. bosom
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