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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Adverb[edit]
brott
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
brott n (definite singular brottet, indefinite plural brott, definite plural brotta or brottene)
- Alternative form of brudd
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
brott n (definite singular brottet, indefinite plural brott, definite plural brotta)
- Alternative form of brot
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
brott n
- a break, a snap; an instance of something breaking off
- a breaking, a fracture; the point where something has broken off
- a crime (act that breaks the law)
- Nisse begick ett brott
- Nisse committed a crime
- ett grovt brott
- a serious crime
- (chiefly in compounds) a quarry (where minerals are "broken" out of the rock)
- a breaker (wave breaking into foam (indicating an underwater hazard))
- 1971, Contact (lyrics and music), “Fyrvaktarns [fyrvaktarens] dotter [The lighthouse keeper's daughter]”, in Utmarker [Outfields]:
- Fyrvaktarn [fyrvaktaren] seglar sin dotter mot land, till bröllop i vårstormens hotfulla dån. Blicken har skumnat, han ser inte brotten. Kostern går under, ett skrik genom stormen. Och klockorna hörs vagt från kyrkan i Dyrö. De ringer för fyrvaktarns [fyrvaktarens] dotter.
- The lighthouse keeper sails his daughter toward land, to a weeding in the menacing roar of the spring storm. His gaze has clouded, he cannot see the breakers. The koster [type of wide sailboat] goes down, a scream through the storm. And the bells are dimly heard from the church in Dyrö. They are ringing for the lighthouse keeper's daughter.
- (by extension, usually in the plural) a shoal, a shallow (place where breakers regularly occur)
Declension[edit]
| Declension of brott | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | brott | brottet | brott | brotten |
| Genitive | brotts | brottets | brotts | brottens |
Derived terms[edit]
- avbrott
- avtalsbrott
- benbrott
- bokföringsbrott
- brott mot mänskligheten
- brottmål
- brottsbalk
- brottsbekämpning
- brottseghet
- brottsfall
- brottsförebyggande
- brottslig
- brottsling
- brottsoffer
- brottsplats
- brottsprevention
- brottsregister
- brottsrubricering
- brottstycke
- brottsutredning
- dagbrott
- ekobrott
- etikettsbrott
- förgöringsbrott
- genombrott
- hatbrott
- hemfridsbrott
- inbrott
- kalkbrott
- kontraktsbrott
- krigsbrott
- lagbrott
- majestätsbrott
- mutbrott
- målbrott
- narkotikabrott
- regelbrott
- sammanbrott
- sedlighetsbrott
- sexualbrott
- skattebrott
- skeppsbrott
- skifferbrott
- stenbrott
- stilbrott
- strategiskt brott
- terroristbrott
- trafikbrott
- tryckfrihetsbrott
- uppbrott
- upphovsrättsbrott
- utbrott
- våldsbrott
- äktenskapsbrott
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