UrsprungFrom Old Norse brantr, (West Norse brattr), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“project”), related to Old English brant (“steep”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”).
Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Norwegian Bokmål bratt, and Old English brant, bront (English brant, brent, Scots brent).
- steep (sharply inclined)
“Cykla uppför en brant backe” — Ride up a steep slope
- common-gendera steeply sloping side of a landform, a precipice
Formerbrantare(comparative) · brantast(superlative) · brant(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive) · brantare(comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite) · brantast(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative) · brant(indefinite, neuter, positive, singular) · brantare(comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular) · brantast(indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative) · branta(indefinite, plural, positive) · brantare(comparative, indefinite, plural) · brantast(indefinite, plural, superlative) · brante(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive) · brantare(archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural) · brantast(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative) · brante(definite, masculine, positive, singular) · brantare(comparative, definite, masculine, singular) · brantaste(definite, masculine, singular, superlative) · branta(definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive) · brantare(comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form) · brantaste(definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative)