bringe

See also: brînge

English

Verb

bringe (third-person singular simple present bringes or bringeth, present participle bringing, simple past and past participle broughte)

1. Obsolete spelling of bring.

Anagrams

• Bergin, Bering, Binger, Ingber, bering, binger

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German bringen. Compare German bringen, Dutch brengen, English bring, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (briggan).

Pronunciation

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /ˈbriŋə/

Verb

bringe (third-person singular simple present bringt, past participle praacht)

1. to bring

Derived terms

• abbringe
• abebringe
• abenandbringe
• anebringe
• biibringe
• häibringe
• härebringe
• iebringe
• uebringe
• umebringe
• usebringe
• uufbringe
• uusbringe
• zuebringe
• zwäägbringe
• zämebringe

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 83.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brenɡə/, [ˈb̥ʁæŋə], [ˈb̥ʁæŋŋ̩]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bringa, from Proto-Germanic *bringô, which is related to *brinkaz (“edge, hill”). Cognate with Swedish bringa, Old English bringádl (“epilepsy”).

Noun

bringe c (singular definite bringen, plural indefinite bringer)

1. chest (of a larger animal, especially horses)

Declension

Declension of bringe

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bringe	bringen	bringer	bringerne
genitive	bringes	bringens	bringers	bringernes

References

• “bringe,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Low German bringen, brengen, from Old Saxon brengian.

Cognate with English bring, German bringen, Dutch brengen, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (briggan). Norwegian bringe and Swedish bringa are also borrowed from Low German.

Verb

bringe (past tense bragte, past participle bragt)

1. to bring
2. to publish (in the mass media)

   Avisen bragte en historie om nogle vindruer.

   The newspaper published a story about some grapes.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bringe

active passive infinitive bringe bringes present bringer bringes past bragte bragtes imperative bring — participle present bringende past (have / havde) bragt gerund bringen

Derived terms

• afstedbringe
• anbringe
• bibringe
• bringe på bane
• bringe til verden
• dødbringende
• frembringe
• helsebringende
• hjembringe
• indbringe
• lykkebringende
• medbringe
• nedbringe
• opbringe
• overbringe
• tilbringe
• udbringe
• ulykkebringende
• viderebringe

References

• “bringe,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “bringe,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

bringe

1. inflection of bringen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

From bryngen (“to bring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrinɡ(ə)/

Noun

bringe (plural bringes)

1. (Early Middle English, hapax legomenon) gift

References

• “bring, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

bringe

1. alternative form of bryngen

Middle High German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈbrinɡə/

Verb

bringe

1. inflection of bringen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. second-person singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brinɡə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bringa.

Noun

bringe f or m (definite singular bringa or bringen, indefinite plural bringer, definite plural bringene)

1. chest

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German bringen.

Verb

bringe (imperative bring, present tense bringer, passive bringes, simple past brakte or bragte, past participle brakt or bragt, present participle bringende)

1. to bring, fetch
2. to take, carry
3. to deliver

Usage notes

The verb forms bragte and bragt are only used in Riksmål, and are presumably taken from Danish.

Derived terms

• frambringe, frembringe
• medbringe
• tilbringe

References

• “bringe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “bringe_3” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bringa.

Noun

bringe f (definite singular bringa, indefinite plural bringer, definite plural bringene)

1. chest, breast

   Synonym: bryst

Derived terms

• bringesjuke

References

• “bringe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrin.ɡe/, [ˈbriŋ.ɡe]

Verb

bringe

1. inflection of bringan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German bringen, from Old High German bringan.

Compare German bringen, Dutch brengen, English bring.

Verb

bringe

1. to bring

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian brenga, bringa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɪŋə/

Verb

bringe

1. to bring

Inflection

Strong class 1
infinitive	bringe
3rd singular past	brocht
past participle	brocht
infinitive	bringe
long infinitive	bringen
gerund	bringen n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	bring	brocht
2nd singular	bringst	brochtst
clitic form	bringsto	brochtsto
3rd singular	bringt	brocht
plural	bringe	brochten
imperative	bring
participles	bringend	brocht

Further reading

• “bringe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011