brott

== Icelandic == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Adverb === brott away, off Synonym: burt == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse brot. === Pronunciation === === Noun === brott n (definite singular brottet, indefinite plural brott, definite plural brotta or brottene) alternative form of brudd == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === === Noun === brott n (definite singular brottet, indefinite plural brott, definite plural brotta) alternative form of brot == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse brot, from Proto-Germanic *brutą, derived from the verb *breutaną (cf. Swedish bryta). === Pronunciation === Homophone: brått === Noun === brott n a break, a snap; an instance of something breaking a breaking, a fracture; the point where something has broken a crime (act that breaks the law) (chiefly in compounds) a quarry (where minerals are "broken" out of rock) a breaker (wave breaking into foam (indicating an underwater hazard)) (by extension, usually in the plural) a shoal, a shallow (place where breakers regularly occur) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== bränning === References === brott in Svensk ordbok (SO) brott in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) brott in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)