Nedbrudt

Nedbrudt is a Danish adjective and past participle used to describe something that has been damaged, broken down, or degraded and no longer functions as intended. The term indicates a state rather than a deliberate action, and it is commonly applied to equipment, infrastructure, processes, or data that have failed or deteriorated.

In practical use, nedbrudt often refers to technical or mechanical failures. Examples include nedbrudt udstyr (damaged equipment), nedbrudt system (a broken-down system), or nedbrud i togtrafikken (a breakdown in train traffic). It can also be used in a broader, more figurative sense to describe conditions or processes that have deteriorated, such as nedbrudte forhold (degraded conditions) or nedbrudte data (degraded or corrupted data).

The word is formed with the prefix ned- meaning down or downwards and a root related to breaking, and it is related to the noun nedbrud, which denotes a breakdown or outage. Nedbrudt can function as a predicate adjective (the system is nedbrudt) or as a prenominal modifier (nedbrudt udstyr).

Nedbrudt is a standard term in technical, industrial, and journalistic Danish, reflecting a state of malfunction or deterioration. While commonly used in formal and semi-formal contexts, its meaning remains clear across registers: something that is not operating correctly due to damage or failure.