brente

Brente is a word in Norwegian that expresses the idea of something having been burned. It is a past-tense form of the verb brenne and is widely used in everyday language as well as in culinary terms. Common phrases include brente mandler, meaning burnt almonds, and brente skog, meaning burnt forest.

The word derives from Old Norse brenna meaning to burn. In neighboring Scandinavian languages, related forms exist with different spellings, such as Danish brændte and Swedish brände, reflecting historical sound changes in the region. These cognates show how the concept of burning has been linguistically linked across the languages.

Brente is not typically used as a standalone noun or place name in standard Norwegian; it primarily functions as a descriptive form or as part of a verb phrase. In English-language reference works, brente is usually encountered as a past-tense rendering of the Norwegian verb brenne. The term has no widely recognized independent entries as a person, place, or organization.