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brok.

a scrap, remnant of shattering

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/brɔk/
  1. a scrap, remnant of shattering

    masculine · neuter
  2. damage, harm, wreckage, pieces (as a consequence of an accident)

    in-plural · informal · masculine · neuter
  3. a lump, chunk, piece

    masculine · neuter
  4. a dry, lumpy form of pet food

    in-plural · masculine · neuter
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch broc (“broken-off piece”), also attested as plural brocken. Probably from a merger of two interrelated nouns, both belonging to the root of breken (“to break”): * Old Dutch *broc, from Proto-Germanic *brukaz, cognate with Old High German broh, Old English (ge)broc; * Old Dutch *brocko, from Proto-Germanic *brukkô, cognate with Old High German brocko (modern German Brocken). The merger is made likely because in Middle Dutch the first noun should have plural *broken, whereas the latter noun should have singular *brocke. Alternatively, the attested forms can be due to early levelling.

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