Break

"Break" in Danish

afbrud

(temporary split in romantic relationship)

break

(tennis: game won by receiving party)

brud

(instance of breaking something into pieces)

hul

(physical space that opens up in something or between two things)

kontra

(soccer: counter-attack)

pause

(rest or pause, usually from work)

pause

(interval between two parts of performance)

åbning

(physical space that opens up in something or between two things)

bryde

(transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something))

bryde

(to win a game as receiver in tennis)

bryde sammen

(intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether)

brække

(intransitive, of a bone: to crack)

brække

(transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack)

degradere

(to reduce the military rank of)

dele

(to divide (money) into smaller units)

gå i stykker

(intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces)

gå i stykker

(intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether)

gå itu

(intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces)

gå itu

(intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether)

holde pause

(to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily)

knuse

(transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces)

knække

(to counter-attack)

krænke

(transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something))

pause

(to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily)

ruinere

(to ruin financially)

smadre

(transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces)

smadre

(transitive: to cause to stop functioning)

sønderslå

(transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces)

veksle

(to divide (money) into smaller units)

ødelægge

(transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces)

ødelægge

(gaming: to design or make a powerful, unbalancing but legal move)

ødelægge

(transitive: to cause to stop functioning)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.