# bringe
## English
### Verb

bringe (third-person singular simple present bringes or bringeth, present participle bringing, simple past and past participle broughte)
* Obsolete spelling of bring.

### Anagrams

* Bergin, Bering, Binger, Ingber, bering, binger

## Alemannic German
### Etymology

From Middle High German bringen. Compare German bringen, Dutch brengen, English bring, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (briggan).

### Pronunciation

* (Zürich) IPA: /ˈbriŋə/

### Verb

bringe (third-person singular simple present bringt, past participle praacht, auxiliary haa)
* to bring

#### Derived terms

* abbringe
* abebringe
* abenandbringe
* anebringe
* biibringe
* häibringe
* härebringe
* iebringe
* uebringe
* umebringe
* usebringe
* uufbringe
* uusbringe
* zuebringe
* zwäägbringe
* zämebringe

### References

* Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 83.

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brenɡə/, [ˈb̥ʁæŋə], [ˈb̥ʁæŋŋ̩]

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse bringa, from Proto-Germanic *bringô, which is related to *brinkaz (“edge, hill”). Cognate with Swedish bringa, Old English bringádl (“epilepsy”).

#### Noun

bringe c (singular definite bringen, plural indefinite bringer)
* chest (of a larger animal, especially horses)

##### References

* “bringe,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
* ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “167”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 167

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Low German bringen, brengen, from Old Saxon brengian.
Cognate with English bring, German bringen, Dutch brengen, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (briggan). Norwegian bringe and Swedish bringa are also borrowed from Low German.

#### Verb

bringe (past tense bragte, past participle bragt)
* to bring
* to publish (in the mass media)
    Avisen bragte en historie om nogle vindruer.The newspaper published a story about some grapes.

##### Conjugation

activepassive
present
bringer
bringes
past
bragte
bragtes
infinitive
bringe
bringes
imperative
bring
participle
present
bringende
past
bragt (auxiliary verb have)
gerund
bringen :

##### Derived terms

* afstedbringe
* anbringe
* bibringe
* bringe det vidt
* bringe frem
* bringe i erindring
* bringe ned
* bringe op
* bringe på bane
* bringe sammen
* bringe til verden
* bringe ud
* dødbringende
* helsebringende
* hjembringe
* indbringe
* lykkebringende
* medbringe
* overbringe
* tilbringe
* ulykkebringende
* viderebringe

##### References

* “bringe,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

bringe
* inflection of bringen:
** first-person singular present
** first/third-person singular subjunctive I
** singular imperative

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From bryngen (“to bring”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbrinɡ(ə)/

#### Noun

bringe (plural bringes)
* (Early Middle English, hapax) gift

##### References

* “bring, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

bringe
* Alternative form of bryngen

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brinɡə/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse bringa.

#### Noun

bringe f or m (definite singular bringa or bringen, indefinite plural bringer, definite plural bringene)
* chest

### Etymology 2

From Middle Low German bringen.

#### Verb

bringe (imperative bring, present tense bringer, passive bringes, simple past brakte or bragte, past participle brakt or bragt, present participle bringende)
* to bring, fetch
* to take, carry
* to deliver

##### Usage notes

The verb forms bragte and bragt are only used in Riksmål, and are presumably taken from Danish.

##### Derived terms

* frambringe, frembringe
* medbringe
* tilbringe

### References

* “bringe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “bringe_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse bringa.

### Noun

bringe f (definite singular bringa, indefinite plural bringer, definite plural bringene)
* chest

### References

* “bringe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbrin.ɡe/, [ˈbriŋ.ɡe]

### Verb

bringe
* inflection of bringan:
** first-person singular present indicative
** first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

From Middle High German bringen, from Old High German bringan.
Compare German bringen, Dutch brengen, English bring.

### Verb

bringe
* to bring

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian brenga, bringa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbrɪŋə/

### Verb

bringe
* to bring

#### Further reading

* “bringe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011