breda

See also: Breda and бреда

Jamaican Creole

Noun

breda (plural breda dem, quantified breda)

1. Alternative spelling of bredda

Middle Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

brêdâ ?

1. Breda (a city in the modern Netherlands)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: Breda

Further reading

• “breda”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbre.dɑ/

Noun

breda

1. genitive plural of bred

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brādan, from Proto-Germanic *brēdaną.

Verb

brēda

1. to roast

Inflection

Conjugation of brēda (strong class 7)

infinitive	brēda
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	brēde	brēd
2nd person singular	brēdest, brēdst	brēdest, brēdst
3rd person singular	brēdeth, brēdth	brēd
plural	brēdath	brēden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	brēde	brēde
plural	brēde, brēden	brēde, brēden
imperative	present
singular	brēd
plural	brēdeth
participle	present	past
	brēdande	ebrēden, brēden

Descendants

• West Frisian: briede

Swedish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

breda

1. inflection of bred:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish brēþa, from Old Norse breiða, from Proto-Germanic *braidijaną.

Verb

breda (present breder, preterite bredde, supine brett, imperative bred)

2. to spread

   Smittan breder ut sig

   The infection is spreading

   Hon brer sylt på mackan

   She spreads jam on the sandwich

   bre mjukost på en macka

   put [spread] cheese spread on a sandwich

3. to butter (a sandwich)

   Han brer mackan

   He butters the sandwich

4. (by extension) to make (a sandwich, including adding any toppings or fillings (which the butter is not considered as – sandwiches are almost always buttered in Swedish cuisine))

   Hon gick till köket och bredde sig en macka

   She went to the kitchen and made herself a (buttered) sandwich

5. (with på) to lay it on (thick)
6. (with på) to deliberately speak with a broad dialect

Usage notes

The apocopic form bre is more common than breda in senses besides (sense 1) (where bre is still more common for spreading something on a sandwich). See also the usage notes for smöra (“to butter”).

Conjugation

Conjugation of breda (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	breda		bredas
supine	brett		bretts
imperative	bred		—
imper. plural1	breden		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	breder	bredde	breds, bredes	breddes
ind. plural1	breda	bredde	bredas	breddes
subjunctive2	brede	bredde	bredes	breddes
present participle		bredande
past participle		bredd

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• bredbar (“spreadable”)

References

• breda in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• breda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• breda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• bedra