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brist
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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse brestr m, from Proto-Germanic *brestuz. Doublet of brøst.
Noun
brist c or n (singular definite bristen or bristet, plural indefinite brister or brist)
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
brist
- imperative of briste
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Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
brist
- alternative form of burst
Etymology 2
Verb
brist
- alternative form of bresten
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
brist
- imperative of briste
Swedish
Pronunciation
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Noun
brist c
- lack
- matbrist
- lack of food
- deficiency
- flaw, shortcoming
- Han är inte utan brister
- He is not without flaws
- Det finns brister i processen
- There are flaws in the process
- flaw, shortcoming
Usage notes
Something wanting, generally.
Declension
Derived terms
- arbetsbrist
- arbetskraftsbrist
- blodbrist
- bostadsbrist
- bristfällig
- bristfällighet
- bristläge
- bristområde
- bristsituation
- bristsjukdom
- bristtillstånd
- bristvara
- bristyrke
- bränslebrist
- elbrist
- järnbrist
- kalkbrist
- kapacitetsbrist
- kapitalbrist
- karaktärsbrist
- kassabrist
- kompetensbrist
- kunskapsbrist
- kvalitetsbrist
- köttbrist
- likviditetsbrist
- livsmedelsbrist
- lokalbrist
- läkarbrist
- lärarbrist
- matbrist
- näringsbrist
- oljebrist
- organbrist
- personalbrist
- platsbrist
- proteinbrist
- resursbrist
- rumsbrist
- råvarubrist
- snöbrist
- syrebrist
- säkerhetsbrist
- sömnbrist
- tidsbrist
- utrymmesbrist
- varubrist
- vattenbrist
- vitaminbrist
- vätskebrist
Related terms
Verb
brist
- imperative of brista
Further reading
- brist in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- brist in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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