bringebær

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From bringe-, related to Old Norse brum (“tree buds”) and Proto-West Germanic *brām, and bær.

Noun

bringebær n (definite singular bringebæret, indefinite plural bringebær, definite plural bringebæra or bringebærene)

1. a raspberry (berry fruit)
2. a raspberry (bush that bears raspberries, Rubus idaeus)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• bringbær, brambær, brembær, brognebær (dialectal)

Etymology

From bringe-, related to Old Norse brum (“tree buds”) and Proto-West Germanic *brām, and bær. Attested in Danish text of Gerhard Schøning in his description of Norwegian countryside (1774), spelled as brambær, from dialectal northern form brambær (similar to northern Swedish brambär).

Noun

bringebær n (definite singular bringebæret, indefinite plural bringebær, definite plural bringebæra)

1. a raspberry (berry fruit)
2. a raspberry (bush, as above)