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brygga

“brygga” is a Swedish word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a relatively small pier (supported on piles or cribs, or floating on pontoons) used for mooring small boats or for bathing; a jetty, a pier, a dock
  2. a ferry stop (intended for pedestrians and bicycles)
  3. a bridge
  4. bridge
  5. a bridge (prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth)

verb

  1. to bridge (to create a connection; more commonly in the compound överbrygga, but also on its own)
  2. to brew (to prepare liquor or coffee)

Etymology

From Old Swedish bryggia, from Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-, *bʰrēw-.

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