brøk

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See also: brok and brók

Danish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /brøːˀk/, [ˈb̥ʁœ̞ˀɡ̊]

Noun

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brøk c (singular definite brøken, plural indefinite brøker)

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greenlandic: brøki

References

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From German Low German brok, brök.

Noun

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

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From German Low German brok, brök.

Noun

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

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

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