# 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: /ˈb̥riŋɐ/
* Hyphenation: brin‧ga

### Verb

bringa (past participle bråcht)
* (transitive) to bring, to fetch, to take, to convey, to bear
* (transitive) to bring, to lead, to guide, to accompany
* (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)
* (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)
* (transitive, often with wås or nix) to accomplish; to yield
* (intransitive) to deliver; to perform well
* (transitive, with hinter + reflexive pronoun) to get over with
* (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

#### 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: [ˈbrɪŋɡa]

### Noun

bringa f (genitive singular bringu, plural bringur)
* breast, chest

#### Declension
### See also

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

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* brenga

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɾiŋɡa̝/

### Noun

bringa f (plural bringas)
* twig of osier
* 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
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “brenca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic 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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbriŋɡɒ]
* Hyphenation: brin‧ga
* Rhymes: -ɡɒ

### Noun

bringa (plural bringák)
* (colloquial) bike
    Synonyms: bicaj, bicikli, kerékpár

#### Derived terms

* bringázik

### References

* ↑ 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: /ˈpriŋka/
    Rhymes: -iŋka

### Noun

bringa f (genitive singular bringu, nominative plural bringur)
* breast, chest

#### 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)
* definite singular of bringe
* (pre-2012) alternative form of bringe

## Old Frisian
### Verb

bringa
* Alternative form of brenga

## Old Norse
### Etymology

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

### Noun

bringa f (genitive bringu)
* chest, brisket

#### Descendants

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

### References

* ↑ 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
* to fight

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse bringa.

#### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

bringa c
* a breast, a chest; chiefly if wide
* meat from the chest part of an animal

##### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | bringa | bringas |
| singular | definite | bringan | bringans |
| plural | indefinite | bringor | bringors |
| plural | 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)
* (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 gravIn 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
* (archaic) to get someone to do something

##### 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)