bredde

== Danish == === Etymology === Equivalent to bred (“wide”) +‎ -de (noun suffix), from Old Norse breidd, from Proto-Germanic *braidiþō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /brɛːˀdə/, [ˈb̥ʁæˀd̥ə] === Noun === bredde c (singular definite bredden, plural indefinite bredder) breadth, width ==== Declension ==== === References === “bredde” in Den Danske Ordbog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse breidd (compare Old English brad), from the adjective breiðr "wide" (compare bred/brei), sense 2 is from Latin latitudo. ==== Noun ==== bredde m (definite singular bredden, indefinite plural bredder, definite plural breddene) wide, breadth, width (compare bred/brei), across, depth Huset har en bredde på fire meter. The house is four metres wide/across. (literally: "the house has a width of four metres") Barna gikk fem i bredden. The children walked five abreast. (literally: "the children walked five in the width") Denne historien mangler bredde. This story is lacking depth. latitude ===== Usage notes ===== Not to be confused with the noun bredd which has a similar inflection and means "brim" or "(river) bank". ===== Synonyms ===== (width, breadth) vidde, omfang (latitude) latitude ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== bred, brei ==== See also ==== breidd (Nynorsk) === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== bredte ==== Verb ==== bredde simple past of bre === References === “bredde” in The Ordnett Dictionary “bredde” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Swedish == === Verb === bredde past indicative of breda === Anagrams === beredd