# broder
## Cornish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

### Noun

broder m (plural breder)
* brother

#### Derived terms

* brederedh

### Mutation
## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse bróðir (“brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈb̥ʁoːðɐ]

### Noun

broder c (singular definite broderen, plural indefinite brødre)
* (now formal) brother (male sibling)

#### Alternative forms

* bror

#### Derived terms

* blodbroder c
* blodsbroder c
* broderdatter c
* broderfolk n
* broderhånd c
* broderland n
* broderlig
* brodernation c
* broderorganisation c
* broderpar n
* broderpart c
* broderparti n
* broderskab n (“brotherhood; fraternity”)
* brodersøn c
* brødremenighed c
* brødrepar n
* farbroder c
* forbrødre
* fostbroder c
* gråbroder c
* halvbroder c
* helbroder c
* lillebroder c
* lægbroder c
* morbroder c
* navnebroder c
* skydebroder c
* slagsbroder c
* soldebroder c
* sortebroder c
* staldbroder c
* stedbroder c
* storebroder c
* svirebroder c
* tvillingbroder c
* våbenbroder c

#### See also

* fader
* moder
* søster

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French brosder, from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌶𐌳𐍉𐌽 (*bruzdōn).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʁɔ.de/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

broder
* to embroider

#### Related terms

* broderie
* brodeur
* brodeuse

### Further reading

* “broder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* border, rebord

## Middle English
### Etymology

From Old English brōþor.

### Noun

broder (plural [Term?])
* Alternative form of brother
** 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book Two Capitulum ix
    Anone after cam the knyght with the two swerdes and balan his broder / and brought with hem kynge Ryons of Northwalys and there delyuerd hym to the porters and charged hem with hym / & soo they two retorned ageyne in the daunyng of the dayAnon after came the knight with the two swords and Balan his brother / and brought with them King Ryons of North Wales and there delivered him to the porters and charged them with him / and so the two of them returned again in the dawning of the day.

## Norman
### Alternative forms

* broudaïr (Guernsey)

### Etymology

From Old French brosder, from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌶𐌳𐍉𐌽 (*bruzdōn).

### Verb

broder (gerund brod'die)
* (Jersey) to embroider

#### Related terms

* brod'die (“embroidery”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse bróðir (“brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

#### Alternative forms

* bror

#### Noun

broder m (definite singular broderen, indefinite plural brødre, definite plural brødrene)
* a brother

##### Derived terms

* brodermord

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

broder
* imperative of brodere

### References

* “broder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* bror

### Etymology

From Old Norse bróðir (“brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

### Noun

broder m (definite singular broderen, indefinite plural brødrar, definite plural brødrane)
* a brother

#### Derived terms

* brodermord n

### References

* “broder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* brosder, brouder

### Etymology

From Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌶𐌳𐍉𐌽 (*bruzdōn).

### Verb

broder
* to embroider

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

## Scots
### Noun

broder
* Alternative form of brither

### References

* “broder, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 204, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* bror

### Etymology

From Old Swedish brōþir, from Old Norse bróðir, from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²bruːdɛr/, [ˈbruːˌdər]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uːdɛr

### Noun

broder c
* a brother (this is the original form more commonly contracted to bror)
** 1972, “Omkring tiggarn [tiggaren] från Luossa [Around the beggar from Luossa]”, in Dan Andersson (lyrics), Gunde Johansson (music), Våra vackraste visor Vol. 2 [Our most beautiful songs Vol. 2]‎, performed by Hootenanny Singers:Följ mig, broder, bortom bergen med de stilla, svala floder, där allt havet somnar långsamt inom bergomkransad bädd. Någonstädes bortom himlen är mitt hem, har jag min moder, mitt i guldomstänkta dimmor i en rosenmantel klädd.Follow me, brother, beyond the mountains with the calm, cool rivers, where all the sea slowly goes to sleep within a mountain-enwreathed bed. Somewhere beyond the sky is my home, I have my mother, midst mists sprinkled about with gold [gold-about/around-sprinkled/splashed], in a rose mantle clad.
* (colloquial) bro, friend (often used as a friendly or familiar form of address)
* a brother, a friar, a monk, a male member of a religious community
    Troligen har det bott 15 till 25 bröder samtidigt i klostret.The monastery probably housed 15 to 25 brethren.

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | broder | broders |
| singular | definite | brodern | broderns |
| plural | indefinite | bröder | bröders |
| plural | definite | bröderna | brödernas |

#### Synonyms

* bror
* brorsa

#### Related terms

* broderfolk
* broderlig
* brodermoder
* broderparti
* broderskap
* broderskapare
* broderskärlek
* farbroder
* lillebroder
* morbroder
* storebroder
* styvbroder

### References

* broder in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* broder in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* broder in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)