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Brot

Brot

See also: brot, brót, bröt, brøt, and Brot.

German

Zwei Brote — Two loaves of bread (2)
Mehrere Scheiben Roggenbrot — Several slices of rye bread (1)

Noun

Brot n ‎(genitive Brotes or Brots, plural Brote, diminutive Brötchen n)

  1. (usually uncountable) bread
  2. (countable) loaf of bread
  3. (countable) slice of bread; sandwich
  4. (uncountable, figuratively) livelihood, subsistance

Hyponyms

  • (livelihood): Gnadenbrot

Derived terms

Related terms

  • brauen
  • (livelihood): (unser) täglich Brot
  • Zuckerbrot und Peitsche

Declension

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pfeifer, Wolfgang. 1995, 2005. Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen. München: dtv. ISBN 3423325119.

German Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Saxon *brōd, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. Compare German Brot, Dutch brood, West Frisian brea, English bread, Danish brød.

Noun

Brot n

  1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) bread (foodstuff made by baking dough)
  2. (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) a piece (loaf, slice) of bread

Synonyms

  • ('bread', or especially 'a piece of bread'): Brotke (Low Prussian, diminutive)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German brāto, from Proto-Germanic *brēdô. Cognate with German Braten, Dutch braad, Icelandic bráð.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʀoːt/

Noun

Brot m ‎(plural Broten)

  1. joint, roast (of meat)

Related terms

brot

brot

See also: Brot, brót, bröt, brøt, and Brot.

Catalan

Noun

brot m ‎(plural brots)

  1. (botany) shoot
  2. (figuratively) outbreak
  3. (idiomatic) stroke of work

Related terms

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin brūtus.

Adjective

brot

  1. ugly
  2. bad

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse brot.

Noun

brot n (genitive singular brots, plural brot)

  1. breaking, break, breach, rupture
  2. breach, infringement, violation
  3. extract, fraction

Declension

n3 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative brot brotið brot brotini
Accusative brot brotið brot brotini
Dative broti brotinum brotum brotunum
Genitive brots brotsins brota brotanna

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse brot, akin to Old English gebrot, Middle English brotel

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔːt

Noun

brot n ‎(genitive singular brots, nominative plural brot)

  1. a fracture
  2. a violation
  3. (mathematics) a fraction

Declension

Derived terms

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *braudą, whence also Old Saxon brōd (German Low German Broot[1]), Old English brēad (English bread), Old Frisian brād (West Frisian brea), Dutch brood, Old Norse brauð (Icelandic brauð).

Noun

brōt n

  1. bread
    • unsar brōt tagalīhhaz gib uns hiutu (The Lord's Prayer, circa 830)

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ http://www.lowlands-l.net/talk/deu/niedersachsisch.html

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bratrъ, *bratъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Noun

brot m

  1. brother

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowing from English broth.

Noun

brot m ‎(genitive singular brota, plural brotan)

  1. soup
  2. broth

References

Etymology

From Middle High German brōt, from Old High German brōt (attested since the 8th century), from Proto-Germanic *braudą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrew- ‎(“to seethe, to boil”); an extension of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerə- ‎(“to well up, to boil, to be in motion (as of fire or water)”). Originating from the same root are Brühe, Brei, braten and brennen.

Germanic Cognates with identical meaning include Old Saxon brōd (whence Low German Broot, Brot), Old Dutch *brōd (whence Dutch brood, Afrikaans brood), Old English brēad (whence Modern English bread, Scots breid), West Frisian brea and Old Norse brauð (whence Icelandic brauð, Faroese breyð, Norwegian brød, Swedish bröd, Danish brød).

Non-Germanic-Cognates include Ancient Greek βρύτος ‎(brútos, “fermented barley beverage”), Latin ferveo ‎(“to be hot, to boil, to burn”), fermentum ‎(“fermentation, leaven”), Albanian mbruaj ‎(“to knead”), Old Armenian բորբ ‎(borb, “bright, aflame”). Originally, the meaning of Brot was "what has been fermented, leaven" and may be a nominal derivative from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną ‎(“to brew”) (whence German brauen). It replaced the older Laib ‎(“loaf”) which was the more common term in Old High German (compare the use of hlāf and brēad in Old English).[1]

Alternative etymologies derive Brot and its cognates from Proto-Germanic *braudaz, *brauþaz ‎(“broken piece, fragment”) and from Proto-Indo-European *bʰera- ‎(“to split, beat, hew, struggle”) (compare Swedish bryta ‎(“to break”), Albanian brydh ‎(“weak, mild”), English brittle). A conflation of both roots could also be possible.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁoːt/
  • Rhymes: -oːt
  • Hyphenation: Brot

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