Danish

Noun

bryst n (singular definite brystet, plural indefinite bryster)

1. (uncountable) chest, breast
2. breast (either of the two fleshy organs on the front of a woman's chest)

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse brjóst, from Proto-Germanic *breustą ‎(“breast, chest”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- ‎(“to swell”).

Noun

bryst n ‎(definite singular brystet, indefinite plural bryst or bryster, definite plural brysta or brystene)

1. (anatomy) a chest

   ha hår på brystet - have a hairy chest

2. (anatomy) a breast (of a woman)

Synonyms

• pupp (woman's breast)

Derived terms

• barbrystet
• brystholder
• brystkreft
• brystsmerte

References

• “bryst” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse brjóst, from Proto-Germanic *breustą ‎(“breast, chest”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- ‎(“to swell”).

Noun

bryst n ‎(definite singular brystet, indefinite plural bryst, definite plural brysta)

1. (anatomy) a chest
2. (anatomy) a breast (of a woman)

Synonyms

• pupp (woman's breast)

Derived terms

• brystkreft
• brystsmerte

References

• “bryst” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse brjóst, from Proto-Germanic *breustą.

Noun

bryst n

1. breast

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: bröst