brust

See also: Brust

English

Verb

brust (third-person singular simple present brusts, present participle brusting, simple past and past participle brust)

1. Obsolete form of burst.

Related terms

• bristle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

brust

1. past participle of brusa

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brust, from Proto-Germanic *brusts.

Noun

brust f

1. chest
2. breast

Inflection

Declension of brust (feminine i-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	brust	brusti
accusative	brust	brusti
genitive	brusti	brusto
dative	brusti	brustin, bruston

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: borst
  • Dutch: borst
    • Afrikaans: bors
    • Negerhollands: borst, bos, borsje
    • → Sranan Tongo: borsu
  • Limburgish: bórs, bósj

References

• “brust (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brust. Cognate with Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃 (brusts).

Noun

brust f

1. breast, chest

Declension

Declension of brust (feminine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	brust	brusti
accusative	brust	brusti
genitive	brusti	brusto
dative	brusti	brustim, brusten

Descendants

• Middle High German: brust
  • Alemannic German:

    Swabian: Bruschd

  • Central Franconian:

    Kölsch: Bruss

  • German: Brust
  • Luxembourgish: Broscht
  • Vilamovian: brust
  • Yiddish: ברוסט (brust)

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German brust.

Pronunciation

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Noun

brūst f (plural brysta, diminutive brystła)

1. (anatomy) breast; the fleshy organs on the chest of a sexually mature human female
2. (anatomy) chest, thorax; the portion of the body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen
3. bosom