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bredde

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Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to bred (“wide”) +‎ -de (noun suffix), from Old Norse breidd, from Proto-Germanic *braidiþō.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /brɛːˀdə/, [ˈb̥ʁæˀd̥ə]

Noun

bredde c (singular definite bredden, plural indefinite bredder)

  1. breadth, width

Declension

More information common gender, singular ...
Declension of bredde
common
gender		 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bredde bredden bredder bredderne
genitive breddes breddens bredders breddernes
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References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse breidd (compare Old English brad), from the adjective breiðr "wide" (compare bred/brei), sense 2 is from Latin latitudo.

Noun

bredde m (definite singular bredden, indefinite plural bredder, definite plural breddene)

  1. wide, breadth, width (compare bred/brei), across, depth
    Huset har en bredde på fire meter.
    The house is four metres wide/across. (literally: "the house has a width of four metres")
    Barna gikk fem i bredden.
    The children walked five abreast. (literally: "the children walked five in the width")
    Denne historien mangler bredde.
    This story is lacking depth.
  2. latitude
    Oslo ligger på 60 grader nordlig bredde.
    Oslo is at 60 degrees northern latitude.
Usage notes

Not to be confused with the noun bredd which has a similar inflection and means "brim" or "(river) bank".

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See also

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Verb

bredde

  1. simple past of bre

References

Swedish

Verb

bredde

  1. past indicative of breda

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