brække

Danish

/brɛkə/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to break to end up in two or more pieces that cannot easily be reassembled, or to cause to end up in two or more pieces
  • (transitive) to break, crack, fracture of a bone, to crack, or to cause to crack
  • (reflexive) to throw up, vomit to regurgitate the contents of a stomach. See ,

Etymology

Derived from Middle Low German breken derived from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (break) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (break, crack, split).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰreg-

Gloss

break, crack, split

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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