See brûke on Wiktionary
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[
"brūka",
"bruka#Old_Frisian"
],
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"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brūkan"
],
[
"*brūkaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brūkaną"
],
[
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰruHg-"
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},
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],
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"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
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]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"infinitive",
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]
},
{
"form": "brûken",
"source": "inflection",
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"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "hawwe",
"source": "inflection",
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]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"present",
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]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brûkst",
"source": "inflection",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brûktest",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brûksto",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "brûktesto",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "brûkt",
"source": "inflection",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "brûkten",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brûk",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "brûkend",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "brûkt",
"source": "inflection",
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"participle",
"past"
]
}
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},
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"parents": [],
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"to use"
],
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"use",
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]
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}
],
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}
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[
"brūka",
"bruka#Old_Frisian"
],
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],
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brūkaną"
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{
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},
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"name": "der"
}
],
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
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{
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"tags": [
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},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "brûken",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"infinitive-i-long"
]
},
{
"form": "brûken",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"gerund",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "hawwe",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"auxiliary"
]
},
{
"form": "brûk",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brûkte",
"source": "inflection",
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"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brûkst",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brûktest",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brûksto",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "brûktesto",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "brûkt",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "brûkte",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
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]
},
{
"form": "brûke",
"source": "inflection",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
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"form": "brûkten",
"source": "inflection",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brûk",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
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"form": "brûkend",
"source": "inflection",
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"participle",
"present"
]
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{
"form": "brûkt",
"source": "inflection",
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]
}
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},
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},
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],
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{
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"Pages with entries",
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"West Frisian class 1 weak verbs",
"West Frisian entries with etymon",
"West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
"West Frisian lemmas",
"West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian",
"West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"West Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"West Frisian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰrewHg-",
"West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian",
"West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"West Frisian verbs"
],
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]
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}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈbrukə/"
}
],
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}
Download raw JSONL data for brûke meaning in All languages combined (3.8kB)
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"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'clitic form'",
"path": [
"brûke"
],
"section": "West Frisian",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "brûke",
"trace": ""
}
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