braka

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aːka === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse braka. ==== Verb ==== braka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative brakaði, supine brakað) to creak, to crackle (of snow) to crunch ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== braka indefinite genitive plural of brak == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *braką. === Verb === braka to creak, crack brakaði mjǫk í skipinu ==== Related terms ==== brak brakan ==== Descendants ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === brak (“crash”) +‎ -a === Verb === braka (present brakar, preterite brakade, supine brakat, imperative braka) (fairly rare by itself) to make a loud crashing sound like the sound of a large tree falling or a structure collapsing (with a particle specifying a direction) to collapse or collide with something, making such a sound (figuratively, often with loss (“loose”) for a beginning) to break out, to crash (start or end with great intensity) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== helvetet brakar loss ==== See also ==== gå loss === References === “braka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “braka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)