breken

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch brēken, from Old Dutch *brecan, from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbreːkə(n)/ Hyphenation: bre‧ken Rhymes: -eːkən === Verb === breken (ergative) to break ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: breek Berbice Creole Dutch: breke Negerhollands: breek === Anagrams === berken == Low German == === Alternative forms === bräken (especially southern Lower Saxony, eastern dialects) briäken (Westphalian) braeken, breaken, brekken (New Saxon Spelling) === Etymology === From Middle Low German brēken, from Old Saxon brekan, from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-. Cognate to Plautdietsch bräken, English break, West Frisian brekke, Danish brække, German brechen, Dutch breken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbreːkən/, [breːkŋ̍] === Verb === breken (third-person singular simple present brickt, past tense brook, past participle broken, auxiliary verb hebben) (especially coastal dialects) to break ==== Conjugation ==== == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *brecan, from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-. === Verb === brēken to break, to break into pieces to break, to be broken to destroy to break in to end, to diminish, to weaken to break, to overcome resistance, to subdue ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gebrēken misbrēken ontbrēken tebrēken verbrēken ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: breken Limburgish: braeke === Further reading === “breken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “breken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Middle English == === Alternative forms === brake, breek, brek, breke, breyken breoken (AB language) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English brecan, from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną. Doublet of brayen (“to break up”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbrɛ̞ːkən/ === Verb === breken (third-person singular simple present breketh, present participle brekynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative brak, past participle breken or broken) To break up or split; to break into two or more pieces: To pulverise; to break into innumerable small pieces. To break off; to split from a larger whole. (figurative, of the heart) To ruin or break. To injure (a person or bone) To ruin or destroy: To dissolve or scatter (an institution or group) To mentally weaken or corrode; to break down. To violate; to fail to adhere to. To stop, end, or terminate. (medicine) To destroy or split (a pustule, rheum, etc.) To pierce, break open or break into: To breach; to forcibly enter (especially to rob). To rupture or dent (fabric, a membrane, or the soil). (rare) To erupt; to break into (e.g. action or speech). To break out; to escape from. To pause or interrupt; to temporarily stop. To swerve or bend; to be or put in a curve. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: break Middle Scots: brek, breke Scots: brack, breck, brak, brek Yola: brocke, brek ==== References ==== “brēken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. Rettger, James Frederick (1934), “The Development of Ablaut in the Strong Verbs of the East Midland Dialects of Middle English”, in Language (Language Dissertations; 16)‎[3], volume 10, number 4, Philadelphia: Linguistic Society of America, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, part 1 (Verbs of the Regular Ablaut Classes), chapter 4 (Verbs of the Fourth Ablaut Class), pages 45-49.