bruk

See also: Bruk and BRUK

Gothic

Romanization

bruk

  1. Romanization of đŒ±đ‚đŒżđŒș

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

  • bruki

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [brʊk]

Verb

brĂčk

  1. second-person singular imperative of brukti.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Cognate with Upper Sorbian bruk and Czech brouk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bruk/

Noun

bruk m (diminutive bruck)

  1. beetle (insect)

Declension

Derived terms

  • brucaƛ
  • brucyk
  • brucyƛ
  • brukaƛ

Further reading

  • bruk in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): SƂownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
  • bruk in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski sƂownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Norwegian BokmÄl

Etymology

From Middle Low German bruk

Noun 1

bruk m, n (definite singular bruken or bruket, uncountable)

  1. use (noun)

Derived terms

Noun 2

bruk n (definite singular bruket, indefinite plural bruk, definite plural bruka or brukene)

  1. farm, works, mill, factory (industrial undertaking)

Derived terms

Verb

bruk

  1. imperative of bruke

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brʉːk/

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German bruk

Noun 1

bruk m, n (definite singular bruken or bruket, uncountable)

  1. use (noun)
Derived terms

Noun 2

bruk n (definite singular bruket, indefinite plural bruk, definite plural bruka)

  1. farm, works, mill, factory (industrial undertaking)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

bruk

  1. imperative of bruka
  2. imperative of bruke

References

Polish

Etymology

From German BrĂŒcke.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bruk/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

bruk m inan

  1. cobblestone (stone used for paving roads)

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ BrĂŒckner, Aleksander (1927), “bruk”, in SƂownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish)

Further reading

  • bruk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʉːk

Noun

bruk n

  1. a use, usage
    jag har inget bruk för den
    I have no use for it
  2. a custom, a fashion, a tradition, a practice, culture, cultivation, tillage
  3. a work, a mill, an industry, an ironwork, a forge
    han jobbar pÄ bruket
    he works at the mill
  4. mortar (mixture of cement)
    • 1948, Ulf Peder Olrog, song title
      Mera bruk i baljan, boys
      More mortar in the trough, boys

Declension

Declension of bruk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bruk bruket bruk bruken
Genitive bruks brukets bruks brukens

See also

Tok Pisin

Etymology

English break

Verb

bruk intrans., transitive brukim

  1. (intransitive) break
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:10 (translation here):
      Na wanpela wara i kamap long Iden bilong givim wara long dispela gaden. Dispela wara i bruk na i kamap 4-pela han wara

Adjective

bruk

  1. broken
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