brække

See also: brekke

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German breken, from Old Saxon brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (to break).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brɛkə/, [ˈb̥ʁaɡ̊ə]

Verb

brække (imperative bræk, infinitive at brække, present tense brækker, past tense brækkede, perfect tense er/har brækket)

  1. break (intransitive: to end up in two or more pieces that cannot easily be reassembled)
  2. break (transitive: to cause to end up in two or more pieces)
  3. break, crack, fracture (intransitive: of a bone, to crack)
  4. break, crack, fracture (transitive: of a bone, to cause to crack)
  5. (reflexive, brække sig) throw up, vomit (to regurgitate the contents of a stomach). See Thesaurus:vomit, Thesaurus:regurgitate

Synonyms

  • knække
  • (brække sig: throw up): kaste op

Derived terms

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