bråd

See also: brad, braad, and Brad

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bráðr (“hasty, sudden”), from Proto-Germanic *brēþaz (“hot, in a hurry, rushed”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrē-, *bʰerē- (“steam, vapour”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to seethe, toss about, cook”).

Adjective

bråd (comparative brådare, superlative brådast)

  1. sudden, fast, busy, full of hurry
    ond, bråd död
    evil and sudden death (i.e. a murder)
    bråda dagar
    busy days

Declension
Inflection of bråd
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular bråd brådare brådast
Neuter singular brått brådare brådast
Plural bråda brådare brådast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 bråde brådare brådaste
All bråda brådare brådaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
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