See breken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Dutch/eːkən",
"Rhymes:Dutch/eːkən/2 syllables"
],
"glosses": [
"to break"
],
"links": [
[
"break",
"break"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ergative) to break"
],
"tags": [
"ergative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbreːkə(n)/"
},
{
"audio": "Nl-breken.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c5/Nl-breken.ogg/Nl-breken.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Nl-breken.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eːkən"
}
],
"word": "breken"
}
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