bröd - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)
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bröd
en tomte som matar en häst med bröd [a tomte feeding bread to a horse]
From Old Swedish brø̄þ, from Old Norse brauð, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. Cognate with Dutch brood, German Brot, English bread, Danish brød, Icelandic brauð.
bröd n
- (countable, uncountable) bread
hembakat bröd
homemade [homebaked] bread
en limpa bröd / brödlimpa
a loaf of bread
en brödskiva / skiva bröd
a slice of bread
leva på vatten och bröd
live on bread and water
Giv [dated, traditional – usually ge] oss idag vårt dagliga bröd
Give us today our daily bread
Since bröd is sometimes pronounced /brøː/ (without the final /d/), it is sometimes treated as a vowel final neuter word like spö (“rod”) with the definite singular bröt, plural brön, definite plural bröna, compare träd.