bringe

See also: brînge

English

Verb

bringe (third-person singular simple present bringes or bringeth, present participle bringing, simple past and past participle broughte)

1. Obsolete spelling of bring.

Anagrams

• Bergin, Bering, Binger, Ingber, bering, binger

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German bringen. Compare German bringen, Dutch brengen, English bring, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (briggan).

Pronunciation

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /ˈbriŋə/

Verb

bringe (third-person singular simple present bringt, past participle praacht, auxiliary haa)

1. to bring

Derived terms

Derived terms

• abbringe
• abebringe
• abenandbringe
• anebringe
• biibringe
• häibringe
• härebringe
• iebringe
• uebringe
• uufbringe
• umebringe
• uusbringe
• usebringe
• zämebringe
• zuebringe
• zwäägbringe

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 83.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brenɡə/, [ˈb̥ʁæŋə], [ˈb̥ʁæŋŋ̩]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bringa, from Proto-Germanic *bringô, which is related to *brinkaz (“edge, hill”). Cognate with Swedish bringa, Old English bringádl (“epilepsy”).

Noun

bringe c (singular definite bringen, plural indefinite bringer)

1. chest (of a larger animal, especially horses)

Declension

Declension of bringe

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bringe	bringen	bringer	bringerne
genitive	bringes	bringens	bringers	bringernes

References

• “bringe,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Low German bringen, brengen, from Old Saxon brengian.

Cognate with English bring, German bringen, Dutch brengen, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (briggan). Norwegian bringe and Swedish bringa are also borrowed from Low German.

Verb

bringe (past tense bragte, past participle bragt)

1. to bring
2. to publish (in the mass media)

   Avisen bragte en historie om nogle vindruer.

   The newspaper published a story about some grapes.

Conjugation

Inflection of bringe

	present	past
simple	bringer	bragte
perfect	har bragt	havde bragt
passive	bringes	bragtes
participle	bringende	bragt
imperative	bring	—
infinitive	bringe	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	bringen	—

Derived terms

• afstedbringe
• anbringe
• bibringe
• bringe det vidt
• bringe frem
• bringe i erindring
• bringe ned
• bringe op
• bringe på bane
• bringe sammen
• bringe til verden
• bringe ud
• dødbringende
• helsebringende
• hjembringe
• indbringe
• lykkebringende
• medbringe
• overbringe
• tilbringe
• ulykkebringende
• viderebringe

 

References

• “bringe,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

bringe

1. inflection of bringen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle English

Verb

bringe

1. Alternative form of bryngen

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brinɡə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bringa.

Noun

bringe f or m (definite singular bringa or bringen, indefinite plural bringer, definite plural bringene)

1. chest

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German bringen.

Verb

bringe (imperative bring, present tense bringer, passive bringes, simple past brakte or bragte, past participle brakt or bragt, present participle bringende)

1. to bring, fetch
2. to take, carry
3. to deliver

Usage notes

The verb forms bragte and bragt are only used in Riksmål, and are presumably taken from Danish.

Derived terms

• frambringe, frembringe
• medbringe
• tilbringe

References

• “bringe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “bringe_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bringa.

Noun

bringe f (definite singular bringa, indefinite plural bringer, definite plural bringene)

1. chest

References

• “bringe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrin.ɡe/, [ˈbriŋ.ɡe]

Verb

bringe

1. inflection of bringan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German bringen, from Old High German bringan.

Compare German bringen, Dutch brengen, English bring.

Verb

bringe

1. to bring

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian brenga, bringa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɪŋə/

Verb

bringe

1. to bring

Inflection

Conjugation of bringe

Infinitive: bringe
	Present tense				Past tense
person	singular		plural		singular		plural
1st	ik	bring	wy	bringe	ik	brocht	wy	brochten
2nd	do/dû	bringst	jimme	bringe	do/dû	brochtst	jimme	brochten
3rd	hy/sy	bringt	hja	bringe	hy/sy	brocht	hja	brochten
	Present participle		Imperative		Auxiliary		Past participle
	bringend (bringende)		bring		hawwe		brocht

Further reading

• “bringe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011