bringa

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• bringan

Etymology

From Old High German bringan, from Proto-West Germanic *bringan, from Proto-Germanic *bringaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥riŋɐ/
• Hyphenation: brin‧ga

Verb

bringa (past participle bråcht)

1. (transitive) to bring, to fetch, to take, to convey, to bear
2. (transitive) to bring, to lead, to guide, to accompany
3. (ditransitive) to cause (someone) to have (something); to cause (something) to exist for the benefit, or to the detriment, of (someone); to cause (something) to be a part of (something)
4. (transitive, with zan, zum, z' and nominalized verb, or with dazua and z' infinitive or dåss clause, or with dazua as a demonstrative) to get, to cause (someone to do something)
5. (transitive, often with wås or nix) to accomplish; to yield
6. (intransitive) to deliver; to perform well
7. (transitive, with hinter + reflexive pronoun) to get over with
8. (transitive, with certain phrases, formal) To cause the action implied by a phrase to take place, possibly making the sentence more passive or indirect.

   in Eiklång bringen ― to reconcile

   z'Foi bringa ― to bring down

   in Gång bringa ― to initiate

   in Ordnung/Urdnung bringa ― to put in order

   aufn Punkt bringa ― to get to the point

   in Sicherheit bringa ― to bring to safety

   in Verbindung bringa ― to associate

Conjugation

Conjugation of bringa

infinitive	bringa
past participle	bråcht
	present	past	subjunctive
1st person singular	bring	—	bringad
2nd person singular	bringst	—	bringadst
3rd person singular	bringt	—	bringad
1st person plural	bringa, bringan	—	bringadn
2nd person plural	bringts	—	bringads
3rd person plural	bringa, bringan	—	bringadn
	imperative
singular	bring
plural	bringts

Derived terms

• aufbringa
• außabringa
• außebringa
• außibringa
• beibringa
• durchanånderbringa
• durchbringa
• eibringa
• einabringa
• einebringa
• einibringa
• fierabringa
• fierebringa
• fieribringa
• furtbringa
• herbringa
• hibringa
• iwabringa
• iwaranåndbringa
• nausbringa
• neibringa
• nåchbringa
• owabringa
• owebringa
• owibringa
• umbringa
• ummabringa
• ummebringa
• ummibringa
• unterbringa
• vuabringa
• wegabringa
• wegbringa
• weiderbringa
• zruckbringa
• zuwabringa
• zuwebringa
• zuwibringa
• zåmmbringa
• åbringa

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrɪŋɡa]

Noun

bringa f (genitive singular bringu, plural bringur)

1. breast, chest

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bringa	bringan	bringur	bringurnar
accusative	bringu	bringuna	bringur	bringurnar
dative	bringu	bringuni	bringum	bringunum
genitive	bringu	bringunnar	bringa	bringanna

See also

• bróst
• boppa
• favnur
• barmur
• bak
• bulur
• búkur
• rumpa
• kroppur
• armur
• fótur

Galician

bringas are used in basket making

Alternative forms

• brenga

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brīnika (“twig”), cognate with Welsh brwyn (“rushes”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾiŋɡa̝/

Noun

bringa f (plural bringas)

1. twig of osier
2. wood sheet used in the elaboration of baskets

Derived terms

• bringuelo (“tall and slender”)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bringa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bringa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bringa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

1. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “brenca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a playful word formation, maybe a contraction of bricska (“buggy”) and inga.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbriŋɡɒ]
• Hyphenation: brin‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɡɒ

Noun

bringa (plural bringák)

1. (colloquial) bike

   Synonyms: bicaj, bicikli, kerékpár

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	bringa	bringák
accusative	bringát	bringákat
dative	bringának	bringáknak
instrumental	bringával	bringákkal
causal-final	bringáért	bringákért
translative	bringává	bringákká
terminative	bringáig	bringákig
essive-formal	bringaként	bringákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bringában	bringákban
superessive	bringán	bringákon
adessive	bringánál	bringáknál
illative	bringába	bringákba
sublative	bringára	bringákra
allative	bringához	bringákhoz
elative	bringából	bringákból
delative	bringáról	bringákról
ablative	bringától	bringáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	bringáé	bringáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	bringáéi	bringákéi

Possessive forms of bringa

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bringám	bringáim
2nd person sing.	bringád	bringáid
3rd person sing.	bringája	bringái
1st person plural	bringánk	bringáink
2nd person plural	bringátok	bringáitok
3rd person plural	bringájuk	bringáik

Derived terms

• bringázik

References

1. bringa in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

• bringa, mostly redirecting to kerékpár (not available yet) and bicikli in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bringa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpriŋka/

  Rhymes: -iŋka

Noun

bringa f (genitive singular bringu, nominative plural bringur)

1. breast, chest

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bringa	bringan	bringur	bringurnar
accusative	bringu	bringuna	bringur	bringurnar
dative	bringu	bringunni	bringum	bringunum
genitive	bringu	bringunnar	bringna, bringa	bringnanna, bringanna

Declension of bringa (feminine)

Derived terms

• bringubein
• skjóta skelk í bringu (“to give a scare”)

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “bringa”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “bringa” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bringa f (definite singular bringa, indefinite plural bringer or bringor, definite plural bringene or bringone)

1. definite singular of bringe
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of bringe

Old Frisian

Verb

bringa

1. Alternative form of brenga

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bringô, which is related to *brinkaz (“edge, hill”).^[1]

Noun

bringa f (genitive bringu)

1. chest, brisket

Declension

Declension of bringa (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bringa	bringan	bringur	bringurnar
accusative	bringu	bringuna	bringur	bringurnar
dative	bringu	bringunni	bringum	bringunum
genitive	bringu	bringunnar	bringna	bringnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: bringa
• Faroese: bringa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bringe
• Danish: bringe
• Swedish: bringa

References

1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “167”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 167

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bringa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese brigar and Kabuverdianu briga.

Verb

bringa

1. to fight

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bringa.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

bringa c

1. a breast, a chest; chiefly if wide
2. meat from the chest part of an animal

Declension

Declension of bringa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bringa	bringas
	definite	bringan	bringans
plural	indefinite	bringor	bringors
	definite	bringorna	bringornas

Compounds

• oxbringa

Etymology 2

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

Compare Dutch brengen, German bringen, English bring, West Frisian bringe.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

bringa (present bringar, preterite bringade or bragte, supine bringat or bragt, imperative bringa)

1. (archaic) to bring; to transport toward someone else
   • 1865, O helga natt, translation of 1843 Cantique de Noël (known in English as O Holy Night).

     Uti din slav du ser en älskad broder
     Och se, din ovän blir dig kär
     Från himlen bragte frälsaren oss friden
     För oss han nedsteg i sin stilla grav

     In thy slave thou seest a beloved brother
     And see, thy enemy becomes thee dear
     From heaven the Saviour brought us peace
     For us he stepped down into his still grave

2. (archaic) to get someone to do something

Conjugation

Conjugation of bringa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	bringa		bringas
supine	bringat		bringats
imperative	bringa		—
imper. plural1	bringen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	bringar	bringade	bringas	bringades
ind. plural1	bringa	bringade	bringas	bringades
subjunctive2	bringe	bringade	bringes	bringades
present participle		bringande
past participle		bringad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of bringa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	bringa		bringas
supine	bragt		bragts
imperative	bringa		—
imper. plural1	bringen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	bringar	bragte	bringas	bragtes
ind. plural1	bringa	bragte	bringas	bragtes
subjunctive2	bringe	bragte	bringes	bragtes
present participle		bringande
past participle		bragd

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• bringa om livet
• frambringa
• tillbringa
• uppbringa
• återbringa

See also

• ta med

References

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