brok

See also: brók and brøk

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch broc (“broken piece”), from Old Dutch *bruk, from Proto-Germanic *brukka-, *brukiz (“breakable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɔk/

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• Hyphenation: brok
• Rhymes: -ɔk

Noun

brok m or n (plural brokken, diminutive brokje n)

1. a scrap, remnant of shattering
2. (in the plural, informal) damage, harm, wreckage, pieces (as a consequence of an accident)
3. a lump, chunk, piece
4. (in the plural) a dry, lumpy form of pet food

Derived terms

• brokken
• brokkenmaken
• brokkenmelk
• brokkenpap
• brokkenpiloot
• brokstuk
• galgebrok
• hondenbrok
• kattenbrok

Related terms

• breken

Descendants

• Negerhollands: broki, brokkie, brokkies
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: broki (archaic)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse brók, from Proto-Germanic *brōks. Akin to English breeches.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bruːk/

Noun

brok f (definite singular broka, indefinite plural brøker, definite plural brøkene)

1. (clothing) A pair of trousers, pants.

Derived terms

• brokbein
• gammalbrok
• karabrok
• knebrok
• langbrok
• skinnbrok
• spanderbrok
• stuttbrok
• underbrok
• utanpåbrok
• vadmålsbrok

References

• “brok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• bork

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Brocken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔk/
• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Syllabification: brok
• Homophone: Brok

Noun

brok m inan

1. (hunting) birdshot (very fine hunting shot)

   Hypernym: śrut

2. (Near Masovian, milling) steel bushing in which a spindle of a windmill rotates

Declension

Declension of brok

	singular
nominative	brok
genitive	broku
dative	brokowi
accusative	brok
instrumental	brokiem
locative	broku
vocative	broku

Further reading

• brok in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “brok”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 363