brekka

See also: Brekka

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse brekka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɛʰkːa/

  Rhymes: -ɛʰkːa

Noun

brekka f (genitive singular brekku, plural brekkur)

1. slope, hillside, acclivity

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brekka	brekkan	brekkur	brekkurnar
accusative	brekku	brekkuna	brekkur	brekkurnar
dative	brekku	brekkuni	brekkum	brekkunum
genitive	brekku	brekkunnar	brekka	brekkanna

Derived terms

• kavabrekka
• mótbrekka

Related terms

• fjall
• tindur
• berg
• brattur

See also

• brek

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse brekka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɛhka/

  Rhymes: -ɛhka

Noun

brekka f (genitive singular brekku, nominative plural brekkur)

1. slope, hillside

   Synonym: hlíð

Declension

Declension of brekka (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brekka	brekkan	brekkur	brekkurnar
accusative	brekku	brekkuna	brekkur	brekkurnar
dative	brekku	brekkunni	brekkum	brekkunum
genitive	brekku	brekkunnar	brekkna	brekknanna

Derived terms

• mannvitsbrekka

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• *brenka

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brinkǭ, a variant of *brinkaz.

Noun

brekka f (genitive brekku, plural brekkur)

1. slope

Declension

  Declension of brekka (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brekka	brekkan	brekkur	brekkurnar
accusative	brekku	brekkuna	brekkur	brekkurnar
dative	brekku	brekkunni	brekkum	brekkunum
genitive	brekku	brekkunnar	brekkna	brekknanna

Derived terms

• brekkubrún
• brekkumegin
• brekkumunr

Related terms

• bringa

Descendants

• Icelandic: brekka
• Faroese: brekka
• Norwegian: brekke
• Swedish: bräkka, brikka
• → Middle English: brinke, brynke, brenk, brink, brynkke, brynk, brenke, bryncke (also from Middle Low German brink)
  • English: brink
  • Scots: brink

References

• “brekka”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Entry "brekka" on page 69 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).