brud

Blend of bro +‎ bud, or from brother casually pronounced as brudda.

brud (plural bruds)

1. (slang) A male friend of a male.

• buddy, pal, mate

• BrdU, Burd, burd, drub

From Old Norse brúðr (“bride”), from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz, cognate with English bride and German Braut.

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ʁuˀð], [ˈb̥ʁuðˀ]
• Rhymes: -uːˀð

brud c (singular definite bruden, plural indefinite brude)

1. bride

• brudgom

Same as above.

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ʁuˀð], [ˈb̥ʁuðˀ]
• Rhymes: -uːˀð

brud c (singular definite bruden, plural indefinite brude)

1. least weasel

From Old Norse brot, from Proto-Germanic *brutą, derived from the verb *breutaną (cf. Danish bryde).

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ʁuð]
• Rhymes: -uð

brud n (singular definite bruddet, plural indefinite brud)

1. break, breach
2. fracture

• brudtøjning

• IPA^(key): /bruːt/

brud

1. plural of bard

From Old Norse brúðr (“bride”), from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz.

brud f or m (definite singular bruda or bruden, indefinite plural bruder, definite plural brudene)

1. a bride

• brudgom

• barnebrud
• brudepar
• brudepike

• “brud” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• brur

From Old Norse brúðr (“bride”), from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz.

brud f (definite singular bruda, indefinite plural bruder, definite plural brudene)

1. a bride

• brudgom

• barnebrud
• brudepar

• “brud” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *brūdi (“bride, daughter-in-law”).

brūd f

1. bride

• brūdigomo or brūdigumo

• Middle Low German: brûde, brût
  • German Low German: Bruut

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brudъ.

• IPA^(key): /brut/

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• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification: brud
• Homophones: bród, Bród, Brud

brud m inan

1. dirt, filth, grime

   Synonym: syf

• brud in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• brud in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Old Swedish brūþ, from Old Norse brúðr (“bride”), from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz.

• IPA^(key): /brʉːd/
• Rhymes: -ʉːd

brud c

1. a bride

   brud och brudgum

   bride and groom

2. (colloquial) a girl, a chick, a babe

   Synonym: (slang, borderline vulgar) brutta

   en snygg brud

   a hot chick

   motorcyklar och öl och brudar

   motorcycles and beer and chicks [might give a sense of the tone]

   fixa brudar till festen

   get some girls for the party

   Tjena brudar!

   Hey babes! [sometimes also ironically between women]

Declension of brud
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	brud	bruden	brudar	brudarna
Genitive	bruds	brudens	brudars	brudarnas

• (bride): brudgum
• (chick): brudmagnet

• grabbig

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

• B-dur