bruka

1. indefinitenominative/accusativeplural anddefinitenominativesingular ofbrukë

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrʊkɐ]

brùka

1. third-personsingularpresent ofbrukti
2. third-personpluralpresent ofbrukti

• IPA^(key): [ˈbruka]

bruka

1. genitivesingular ofbruk
2. accusativesingular ofbruk
3. nominativedual ofbruk

• brukene

bruka n

1. definiteplural ofbruk(Noun 2)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrʉːkɑ/

bruka n

1. definiteplural ofbruk(Noun 2)

FromMiddle Low Germanbruken.

• bruke

• IPA^(key): /²brʉːkɑ/

bruka (present tensebrukar/bruker,past tensebruka/brukte,past participlebruka/brukt,passive infinitivebrukast,present participlebrukande,imperativebruka/bruk)

1. touse

• nytta

• bruktbil
• velbruka,velbrukt

• “bruka” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

FromProto-West Germanic*brūkan.

brūka

1. touse

• North Frisian:bruwcken
• Saterland Frisian:bruke
• West Frisian:brûke

• IPA^(key): /ˈbru.ka/
• Rhymes:-uka
• Syllabification:bru‧ka

bruka

1. third-personsingularpresent ofbrukać

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• IPA^(key): /brûka/
• Hyphenation:bru‧ka

brȕka f (Cyrillic spellingбру̏ка)

1. (informal, slang)shame,disgrace
2. (informal, slang)person in disgrace

• brȕkati

• Sabljak, Tomislav (2013), “bruka”, inRječnik hrvatskoga žargona [Dictionary of Croatian Jargon] (in Serbo-Croatian), 3rd edition, Zagreb: Profil,→ISBN, page75

FromMiddle Low Germanbruken, fromOld Saxonbrukan.

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bruka (presentbrukar,preteritebrukade,supinebrukat,imperativebruka)

2. (auxiliary) touse to (present tense ofused to); to be in thehabit of

   Hanbrukade segla runt sjön på somrarna

   Heused to sail around the lake in the summer

   Hanbrukar äta majs

   Heoften /regularly eats corn

   Honbrukar beställa en hamburgare när hon besöker restaurangen

   Sheusually orders a hamburger when she visits the restaurant [like "She used to order a hamburger when she visited the restaurant," but in the present tense]

   Detbrukar regna på midsommar

   Itusually rains on Midsummer

4. touse (for some purpose)

   verktyg sombrukas för att forma trä

   toolsused [thatare used] to shape wood

   ett verktyg som kanbrukas som vapen

   a tool that canbe used as a weapon

   Metodenbrukas som en sista utväg

   The methodis used / employed as a last resort

   bruka våld

   use violence (idiomatic)

   Bruka ditt förnuft!

   Use your good sense!

   1. tocultivate,till,farm

      bruka jorden

      work the land

      röja sten så att åkrarna kanbrukas

      clear rocks so that the fields canbe farmed

      bruka skog

      manage forests (for forestry purposes)

   2. touse, toconsume (drugs or alcohol)

      bruka alkohol under arbetstid

      consume alcohol during working hours

• Like Englishused to in (sense 1), but as natural-sounding in the present tense as in the past tense.
• "Bruka" in (sense 2) has connotations similar to "make use of for some purpose," or "employ" when of a tool or method or the like. Outside idiomatic cases like cultivation, it can otherwise be used interchangeably with "använda," which is the more general and common word for "use."

• bruk
• brukare
• förbruka
• missbruka

• → Finnish:ruukata

• använda
• nyttja

• bruka inSvensk ordbok (SO)
• bruka inSvenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bruka inSvenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• bukar,burka

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