bredde

bredde

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse breidd (compare Old English brad), from the adjective breiðr "wide" (compare bred/brei), sense 2 is from Latin latitudo.

Noun

bredde m (definite singular bredden, indefinite plural bredder, definite plural breddene)

1. wide, breadth, width (compare bred/brei), across, depth

   Huset har en bredde på fire meter.

   The house is four metres wide/across. (literally: "the house has a width of four metres")

   Barna gikk fem i bredden.

   The children walked five abreast. (literally: "the children walked five in the width")

   Denne historien mangler bredde.

   This story is lacking depth.

2. latitude

   Oslo ligger på 60 grader nordlig bredde.

   Oslo is at 60 degrees northern latitude.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with the noun bredd which has a similar inflection and means "brim" or "(river) bank".

Synonyms

• (width, breadth) vidde, omfang
• (latitude) latitude

Derived terms

• breddegrad
• breddesirkel
• båndbredde
• i bredden
• veibredde

 

Related terms

• bred, brei

See also

• breidd (Nynorsk)

Alternative forms

• bredte

Verb

bredde

1. simple past of bre

References

• “bredde” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “bredde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Swedish

Verb

bredde

1. past tense of breda.