brøk

See also: brok, and brók

Danish

Etymology

From Low German brök, brok (“broken (number)”), from Middle Low German bröke, broke, from Proto-Germanic *brukiz (“breach”), cognate with English breach, German Bruch, Dutch breuk (Swedish bråk is also borrowed from Low German).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brøːˀk/, [ˈb̥ʁœ̞ˀɡ̊]

Noun

brøk c (singular definite brøken, plural indefinite brøker)

1. (arithmetic) fraction (ratio of two integers)

Declension

Declension of brøk

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brøk	brøken	brøker	brøkerne
genitive	brøks	brøkens	brøkers	brøkernes

Derived terms

• brøkdel
• brøkregning
• brøkstreg
• decimalbrøk

 

Descendants

• Greenlandic: brøki

References

• “brøk” in Den Danske Ordbog
• brøk on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Low German brok, brök.

Noun

brøk m (definite singular brøken, indefinite plural brøker, definite plural brøkene)

1. (arithmetic) a fraction (ratio of two integers)

Related terms

• brøkdel

References

• “brøk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Low German brok, brök.

Noun

brøk m (definite singular brøken, indefinite plural brøkar, definite plural brøkane)

1. (arithmetic) a fraction (part of a whole)

Related terms

• brøkdel

References

• “brøk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.