bersten
German (Berlin)
/ˈbɛʁstən/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (intransitive) to burst
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German bresten inherited from Old High German brestan inherited from Proto-Germanic *brestaną (burst, break, rupture) derived from Old Saxon brestan.
Origin
Old Saxon
brestan
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aburst English
- afterburst English
- airburst English
- budburst English
- burst English
- burstability English
- burstable English
- burster English
- bursteth English
- burstlet English
- burstwise English
- burstwort English
- bursty English
- circumburst English
- cloudburst English
- colorburst English
- damburst English
- downburst English
- forburst English
- groundburst English
- inburst English
- interburst English
- intraburst English
- macroburst English
- microburst English
- miniburst English
- outburst English
- postburst English
- preburst English
- rockburst English
- starburst English
- sunburst English
- superburst English
- thunderburst English
- toburst English
- unburst English
- upburst English
- Gebresten German
- gebresthaft German
- zerbersten German
- barsten Dutch, Flemish
- barstig Dutch, Flemish
- losbarsten Dutch, Flemish
- openbarsten Dutch, Flemish
- uitbarsten Dutch, Flemish
- weerbarstig Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰres- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrest- Proto-Indo-European
- briste Norwegian Bokmål
- *brestaną Proto-Germanic
- *brustanaz Proto-Germanic
- brista Swedish
- berstan Old English
- forberstan Old English
- toberstan Old English
- bersten Middle English
- athbhris Irish
- bris Irish
- briseadh Irish
- sobhriste Irish
- bresta Old Norse
- briste Danish
- bresta Icelandic
- bersten Middle Dutch
- brestan Old High German
- brisid Old Irish
- bris Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- bresta Faroese
- brish Manx
- bresten Middle High German
- gebresten Middle High German
- brishtë Albanian
- brestan Old Dutch
- bersten Middle Low German
- brestan Old Saxon
- tebrestan Old Saxon
- brista Old Swedish
- brest Westrobothnian
- *bristan Frankish
- *bristijan Frankish
- bersta Old Frisian
- *breg(i)štā Proto-Albanian