UrsprungFrom Old Norse brot, from Proto-Germanic *brutą, derived from the verb *breutaną (cf. Swedish bryta).
- neutera break, a snap; an instance of something breaking
- neutera breaking, a fracture; the point where something has broken
- neutera crime (act that breaks the law)
“Nisse begick ett brott” — Nisse committed a crime
“ett grovt brott” — a serious crime
- in-compounds, neutera quarry (where minerals are "broken" out of rock)
- neutera breaker (wave breaking into foam (indicating an underwater hazard))
“Fyrvaktarn [fyrvaktaren] seglar sin dotter mot land, till bröllop i vårstormens hotfulla dån. Blicken har skumnat, han ser inte brotten. Kostern går under, ett skrik genom stormen. Och klockorna hörs ” — The lighthouse keeper sails his daughter toward land, to a weeding in the menacing roar of the spring storm. His gaze has clouded, he cannot see the breakers. The koster [type of wide sailboat] goes d
- broadly, neuter, plural-normallya shoal, a shallow (place where breakers regularly occur)
Formerbrott(indefinite, nominative, singular) · brotts(genitive, indefinite, singular) · brottet(definite, nominative, singular) · brottets(definite, genitive, singular) · brott(indefinite, nominative, plural) · brotts(genitive, indefinite, plural) · brotten(definite, nominative, plural) · brottens(definite, genitive, plural)