brev

brev (plural brevs)

1. Alternative form of bruv

• verb

brev

1. Soft mutation of prev.

From Old Danish bref, borrowed via Old Saxon brēf from Latin breve (scrīptum) (“short writing”). Compare also (late) Old Norse bréf, Norwegian, Swedish brev, Dutch brief, German Brief.

• IPA^(key): /breːˀv/, [ˈb̥ʁæwˀ]

brev n (singular definite brevet, plural indefinite breve)

1. letter (written message)
2. note
3. epistle

• “brev” in Den Danske Ordbog
• brev on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

From Old Norse bréf, from Latin breve scriptum.

• IPA^(key): /breːʋ/
• Rhymes: -eːʋ

brev n (definite singular brevet, indefinite plural brev or brever, definite plural breva or brevene)

1. a letter (written note)

• brevveksle
• nyhetsbrev
• tiggerbrev

• “brev” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse bréf, from Latin breve scriptum.

• IPA^(key): /breːʋ/
• Rhymes: -eːʋ

brev n (definite singular brevet, indefinite plural brev, definite plural breva)

1. a letter (written note)

• brevveksle

• “brev” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• breav (Sutsilvan)

brev f (plural brevs)

1. letter (written message)

• bref (obsolete)

From Old Norse bréf, from Latin breve (“breve scriptum”).

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• IPA^(key): /breːv/

brev n

1. a letter (written communication)

   Jag skickade / postade ett brev till Nisse

   I sent / mailed Nisse a letter

   posta ett brev

   put a letter in the mail

2. (formal) a letter or parcel within certain size and weight
3. (mostly in compound words) a legal document
5. (Internet slang, 4chan) a post (on an internet forum)

   Synonyms: inlägg, kommentar

Common on the /int/ - International board on 4chan in (sense 4).

(letter (written communication)): tiggarbrev (“begging letter”), tranbrev

(legal document): burbrev, gåvobrev, köpebrev, pantbrev, skuldebrev

(post): breva, brevare

• post
• posta

• brev in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• brev in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• brev in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• verb