bruken

From Middle Low German brûken, Old Saxon brūkan.

bruken (third-person singular simple present bruukt, past tense bruuk, past participle bruukt, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to need to, to have to (in negation or with the adverb alleen (“just, only”), you can also use möten)

   Du bruukst nich op mi to töven.

   You don’t need to wait for me.

   (or Du musst nich op mi to töven, see usage notes)

• In a negative sentence, möten or dörven are often used instead of bruken. For example, “you don’t need to go yet” is usually translated by du musst noch nich gahn instead of du bruukst noch nich to gahn.
• The verb nödig hebben is used to express the need of something.

From Middle Low German gebrūken, Old Saxon gibrūkan, from Proto-Germanic *gabrūkaną. See Etymology 1 above.

bruken (third-person singular simple present bruukt, past tense bruuk, past participle bruukt, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to use

From Old Dutch *brūkan, from Proto-West Germanic *brūkan.

bruken

1. to use
2. to enjoy (the use/benefit of)
3. to lease (of land)
4. to sell (of small things)

Weak
Infinitive	bruken
3rd sg. past	—
3rd pl. past	—
Past participle	—
Infinitive	bruken
In genitive	brukens
In dative	brukene
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	bruke	—
2nd singular	bruucs, brukes	—
3rd singular	bruuct, bruket	—
1st plural	bruken	—
2nd plural	bruuct, bruket	—
3rd plural	bruken	—
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	bruke	—
2nd singular	bruucs, brukes	—
3rd singular	bruke	—
1st plural	bruken	—
2nd plural	bruuct, bruket	—
3rd plural	bruken	—
Imperative	Present
Singular	bruuc, bruke
Plural	bruuct, bruket
	Present	Past
Participle	brukende	—

• gebruken
• misbruken
• ontbruken

• Dutch: bruiken (archaic)
• Limburgish: broeke

• “bruken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bruken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

From Old Saxon brūkan

• IPA^(key): /bruːkən/

brûken

1. to use, utilise, to make use of either an object or a right
2. to enjoy, to have use from
3. to need
4. to work in a craft

• Low German: bruken
• → Danish: bruge
• → Icelandic: brúka
• → Faroese: brúka
• → Norwegian Bokmål: bruke
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: bruke
• → Polabian: brükot
• → Swedish: bruka
  • → Finnish: ruukata

• bruket

bruken m or n

1. definite masculine singular of bruk (Noun 1)

• bruket

bruken m or n

1. definite masculine singular of bruk (Noun 1)

bruken

1. definite plural of bruk

• burken