bråd

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See also: Brad, braad, brad, brád, and bráð

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish brāþer, from Old Norse bráðr (hasty, sudden), from Proto-Germanic *brēþaz (hot, in a hurry, rushed), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrē-, *bʰerē- (steam, vapour), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (to seethe, toss about, cook). Cognate with Icelandic bráður.

Adjective

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bråd (comparative brådare, superlative brådast)

  1. sudden, hasty, busy, full of hurry
    ond, bråd dödevil and sudden death (i.e. a murder)
    bråda dagarbusy days

Declension

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Inflection of bråd
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular bråd brådare brådast
Neuter singular brått brådare brådast
Plural bråda brådare brådast
Masculine plural3 bråde brådare brådast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 bråde brådare brådaste
All bråda brådare brådaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

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Further reading

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