brink

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English brinke, brenke, from Old Norse *brenka, brekka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkǭ, *brinkaz (“hill, edge (of land)”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“to project”). Cognate with Dutch brink (“grassland”), regional German Brink, Icelandic brekka (“slope”); also Tocharian B prenke (“island”), Irish braine (“prow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹɪŋk/ Rhymes: -ɪŋk === Noun === brink (plural brinks) The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge. (figurative) The edge or border. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “brink”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “brink”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish brink. Compare Old Norse brekka. === Noun === brink c (singular definite brinken, plural indefinite brinker) brink, edge, bank (especially down to a stream, lake, etc.) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== åbrink ==== See also ==== skrænt === References === “brink” in Den Danske Ordbog “brink” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch brinc, from Old Dutch brink, from Proto-Germanic *brinkaz. Cognate with English brink. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /brɪŋk/ Hyphenation: brink Rhymes: -ɪŋk === Noun === brink m (plural brinken, diminutive brinkje n) village green, functioning as a central square edge or margin of a field edge or margin of a hill grassy edge or margin of a strip of land grassland ==== Derived terms ==== brinkdorp == Middle English == === Noun === brink alternative form of brinke