From Middle Low German breken, from Old Saxon brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”).

brekke (imperative brekk, present tense brekker, simple past brakk, past participle brukket, present participle brekkende)

1. to break
2. to fracture
3. to snap

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brekke (present tense brekker seg, past tense brakk seg, past participle brukket seg) (reflexive)

1. to gag (experience a vomiting reflex)

• “brekke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Frisian breka

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛkə/

brekke

1. to break

• Variant past-tense 1st: bruts
• Variant past-tense 2nd: brutst
• Variant past-tense 3rd: bruts
• Variant past plural: brutsen

• “brekke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011