borst

See also: Borst and bōrst

Dutch

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɔrst
borst (file)

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch borst, from Old Dutch brust, from Proto-Germanic *brusts, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell, blow, inflate”).

Noun

borst f (plural borsten, diminutive borstje n)

chest, thorax
breast

Derived terms

borstbeen
borstkas
borstomvang
borstvin
rondborstig
(by edible species) eendenborst, kippenborst

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

borst

first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of borsten
imperative of borsten

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch brust, from Proto-Germanic *brusts.

Noun

borst f

chest
breast

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Dutch: borst
Limburgish: bórs, bósj

Further reading

“borst”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
“borst”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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