bruke

See also: brûke and brukë

Albanian

Noun

bruke

1. indefinite dative/ablative singular of brukë

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German bruken.

Verb

bruke (imperative bruk, present tense bruker, passive brukes, simple past brukte, past participle brukt, present participle brukende)

1. to use

Derived terms

• forbruke
• gjenbruke
• misbruke
• velbrukt

Related terms

• bruk

References

• “bruke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German bruken.

Verb

bruke (present tense brukar/bruker, past tense bruka/brukte, past participle bruka/brukt, passive infinitive brukast, present participle brukande, imperative bruke/bruk)

1. alternative form of bruka

References

• “bruke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Saterland Frisian

Alternative forms

• bruuke

Etymology

From Old Frisian brūka, from Proto-West Germanic *brūkan. Cognates include West Frisian brûke and German brauchen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrukə/
• Hyphenation: bru‧ke

Verb

bruke

1. (transitive) to use
2. (transitive) to need

Conjugation

Conjugation of bruke (weak type 1)

Grúundfoarme			bruke
Infinitive			tou bruken
Present tense				Past tense
iek	bruke	wie	bruke	iek	bruukte	wie	bruukten
du	bruukst	jie	bruke	du	bruuktest	jie	bruukten
hie/ju/dät	bruukt	jo	bruke	hie/ju/dät	bruukte	jo	bruukten
Present participle		Imperative		Auxiliary		Past participle
brukend		Singular	bruuk	häbe		bruukt
		Plural	bruket

Derived terms

• misbruke

 

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “bruke”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN