drikkebror

Norwegian Bokmål

Drikkebrødre. — Drinking buddies.

Etymology

drikke +‎ bror, first part from Old Norse drekka (“to drink”), from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp”), from *dʰreg- (“to draw, glide”). Last part from Old Norse bróðir (“brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr (“brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɪkːəbruːr/

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• Rhymes: -uːr
• Hyphenation: drik‧ke‧bror

Noun

drikkebror m (definite singular drikkebroren, indefinite plural drikkebrødre, definite plural drikkebrødrene)

1. a drinking buddy

   Synonyms: drikkekompis, svirebror

   • 1932, Rudolf Muus, Dikterliv i gamle Kristiania, page 11:

     i dagevis leiet [han] sig inn på et hotell med sine drikkebrødre og blev liggende der og ture

     for days [he] rented a hotel with his drinking buddies and stayed there for celebrating

   • 2002, Atle Næss, Innersvinger, page 48:

     Pers navne- og drikkebror, den litt eldre franskfilologen Per Ek

     Per's name and drinking brother, the slightly older French philologist Per Ek

References

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