brøk

See also: brok and brók

Danish

Etymology

From Low German brök, brok (“broken (number)”), from Middle Low German bröke, broke, from Proto-Germanic *brukiz (“breach”), cognate with English breach, German Bruch, Dutch breuk (Swedish bråk is also borrowed from Low German).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /brøːˀk/, [ˈb̥ʁœ̞ˀɡ̊]

Noun

brøk c (singular definite brøken, plural indefinite brøker)

  1. (arithmetic) fraction (ratio of two integers)

Declension
Declension of brøk
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative brøk brøken brøker brøkerne
genitive brøks brøkens brøkers brøkernes

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greenlandic: brøki

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Low German brok, brök.

Noun

brøk m (definite singular brøken, indefinite plural brøker, definite plural brøkene)

  1. (arithmetic) a fraction (ratio of two integers)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Low German brok, brök.

Noun

brøk m (definite singular brøken, indefinite plural brøkar, definite plural brøkane)

  1. (arithmetic) a fraction (part of a whole)

References
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