brud

See also: Brud

English

Etymology

Blend of bro +‎ bud, or from brother casually pronounced as brudda.

Noun

brud (plural bruds)

1. (slang) A male friend of a male.

Synonyms

• buddy, pal, mate

Anagrams

• BrdU, Burd, burd, drub

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse brúðr (“bride”), from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz, cognate with English bride and German Braut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ʁuˀð], [ˈb̥ʁuðˀ]
• Rhymes: -uːˀð

Noun

brud c (singular definite bruden, plural indefinite brude)

1. bride

Inflection

Declension of brud

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brud	bruden	brude	brudene
genitive	bruds	brudens	brudes	brudenes

Coordinate terms

• brudgom

Etymology 2

Same as above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ʁuˀð], [ˈb̥ʁuðˀ]
• Rhymes: -uːˀð

Noun

brud c (singular definite bruden, plural indefinite brude)

1. least weasel

Inflection

Declension of brud

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brud	bruden	brude	brudene
genitive	bruds	brudens	brudes	brudenes

Etymology 3

From Old Norse brot, from Proto-Germanic *brutą, derived from the verb *breutaną (cf. Danish bryde).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ʁuð]
• Rhymes: -uð

Noun

brud n (singular definite bruddet, plural indefinite brud)

1. break, breach
2. fracture

Inflection

Declension of brud

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brud	bruddet	brud	bruddene
genitive	bruds	bruddets	bruds	bruddenes

Derived terms

• brudtøjning

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bruːt/

Noun

brud

1. plural of bard

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse brúðr (“bride”), from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz.

Noun

brud f or m (definite singular bruda or bruden, indefinite plural bruder, definite plural brudene)

1. a bride

Coordinate terms

• brudgom

Derived terms

• barnebrud
• brudepar
• brudepike

References

• “brud” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• brur

Etymology

From Old Norse brúðr (“bride”), from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz.

Noun

brud f (definite singular bruda, indefinite plural bruder, definite plural brudene)

1. a bride

Coordinate terms

• brudgom

Derived terms

• barnebrud
• brudepar

References

• “brud” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brūdi (“bride, daughter-in-law”).

Cognates:

Cognate with Old English brȳd, Old Frisian brēd (West Frisian breid), Dutch bruid, Old High German brūt (German Braut), Old Norse brúðr (Swedish brud), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 (brūþs).

Noun

brūd f

1. bride

Declension

Declension of brūd (feminine i-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	brūd	brūdi
accusative	brūd	brūdi
genitive	brūdi	brūdiō
dative	brūdi	brūdium
instrumental	—	—

Coordinate terms

• brūdigomo or brūdigumo

Descendants

• Middle Low German: brûde, brût
  • German Low German: Bruut

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brudъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrut/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification: brud
• Homophones: bród, Bród, Brud

Noun

brud m inan

1. dirt, filth, grime

   Synonym: syf

Declension

Declension of brud

	singular	plural
nominative	brud	brudy
genitive	brudu	brudów
dative	brudowi	brudom
accusative	brud	brudy
instrumental	brudem	brudami
locative	brudzie	brudach
vocative	brudzie	brudy

Derived terms

• brudno
• brudny
• brudzić

 

Further reading

• brud in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• brud in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish brūþ, from Old Norse brúðr (“bride”), from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brʉːd/
• Rhymes: -ʉːd

Noun

brud c

1. a bride

   brud och brudgum

   bride and groom

2. (colloquial) a girl, a chick, a babe

   Synonym: (slang, borderline vulgar) brutta

   en snygg brud

   a hot chick

   motorcyklar och öl och brudar

   motorcycles and beer and chicks [might give a sense of the tone]

   fixa brudar till festen

   get some girls for the party

   Tjena brudar!

   Hey babes! [sometimes also ironically between women]

Declension

Declension of brud

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	brud	bruds
	definite	bruden	brudens
plural	indefinite	brudar	brudars
	definite	brudarna	brudarnas

Coordinate terms

• (bride): brudgum
• (chick): brudmagnet

See also

• grabbig

References

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

Anagrams

• B-dur