bruka

bruka

1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural and definite nominative singular of brukë

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrʊkɐ]

brùka

1. third-person singular present of brukti
2. third-person plural present of brukti

• IPA^(key): [ˈbruka]

bruka

1. genitive singular of bruk
2. accusative singular of bruk
3. nominative dual of bruk

• brukene

bruka n

1. definite plural of bruk (Noun 2)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrʉːkɑ/

bruka n

1. definite plural of bruk (Noun 2)

From Middle Low German bruken.

• bruke

• IPA^(key): /²brʉːkɑ/

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

1. to use

• nytta

• bruktbil
• velbruka, velbrukt

• “bruka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *brūkan.

brūka

1. to use

• North Frisian: bruwcken
• Saterland Frisian: bruke
• West Frisian: brûke

• IPA^(key): /ˈbru.ka/
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: bru‧ka

bruka

1. third-person singular present of brukać

• IPA^(key): /brûka/
• Hyphenation: bru‧ka

brȕka f (Cyrillic spelling бру̏ка)

1. (informal, slang) shame, disgrace
2. (informal, slang) person in disgrace

• brȕkati

From Middle Low German bruken, from Old Saxon brukan.

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bruka (present brukar, preterite brukade, supine brukat, imperative bruka)

1. (auxiliary) to use to (present tense of used to); to be in the habit of

   Han brukar äta majs

   He often / regularly eats corn

   Han brukade segla runt sjön på somrarna.

   He used to sail around the lake in the summer.

2. to cultivate, till, farm
3. (dated) to make use of

Like English used to, but as natural-sounding in the present tense as in the past tense.

• bruk
• brukare
• förbruka
• missbruka

• → Finnish: ruukata

• bruka in Svensk ordbok.

• bukar, burka