bruka

bruka

1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural and definite nominative singular of brukë

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrʊkɐ]

brùka

1. third-person singular present of brukti
2. third-person plural present of brukti

• IPA^(key): [ˈbruka]

bruka

1. genitive singular of bruk
2. accusative singular of bruk
3. nominative dual of bruk

• brukene

bruka n

1. definite plural of bruk (Noun 2)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrʉːkɑ/

bruka n

1. definite plural of bruk (Noun 2)

From Middle Low German bruken.

• bruke

• IPA^(key): /²brʉːkɑ/

bruka (present tense brukar/bruker, past tense bruka/brukte, past participle bruka/brukt, passive infinitive brukast, present participle brukande, imperative bruka/bruk)

1. to use

• nytta

• bruktbil
• velbruka, velbrukt

• “bruka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *brūkan.

brūka

1. to use

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

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

bruka

1. third-person singular present of brukać

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

brȕka f (Cyrillic spelling бру̏ка)

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

• brȕkati

• Sabljak, Tomislav (2013) “bruka”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga žargona [Dictionary of Croatian Jargon] (in Serbo-Croatian), 3rd edition, Zagreb: Profil, →ISBN, page 75

From Middle Low German bruken, from Old Saxon brukan.

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bruka (present brukar, preterite brukade, supine brukat, imperative bruka)

2. (auxiliary) to use to (present tense of used to); to be in the habit of

   Han brukade segla runt sjön på somrarna

   He used to sail around the lake in the summer

   Han brukar äta majs

   He often / regularly eats corn

   Hon brukar beställa en hamburgare när hon besöker restaurangen

   She usually 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]

   Det brukar regna på midsommar

   It usually rains on Midsummer

4. to use (for some purpose)

   verktyg som brukas för att forma trä

   tools used [that are used] to shape wood

   ett verktyg som kan brukas som vapen

   a tool that can be used as a weapon

   Metoden brukas som en sista utväg

   The method is used / employed as a last resort

   bruka våld

   use violence (idiomatic)

   Bruka ditt förnuft!

   Use your good sense!

   1. to cultivate, till, farm

      bruka jorden

      work the land

      röja sten så att åkrarna kan brukas

      clear rocks so that the fields can be farmed

      bruka skog

      manage forests (for forestry purposes)

   2. to use, to consume (drugs or alcohol)

      bruka alkohol under arbetstid

      consume alcohol during working hours

• Like English used 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 in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bruka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bruka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• bukar, burka