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Brot

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

Alemannic German

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Etymology

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    From Middle High German brōt, from Old High German brōt (attested since the 8th century), from Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrew- (“to seethe, to boil”). Cognate with German Brot, Dutch brood, English bread, Icelandic brauð.

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    Brot n (plural Brot, diminutive Brötli n)

    1. bread

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    Central Franconian

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    • Brut (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian)

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      Inherited from Middle High German brōt.

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      Brot n (southern Moselle Franconian)

      1. bread
      2. loaf of bread

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      • Hunsrik: Brod
      • Luxembourgish: Brout

      German

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

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      Etymology

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        From Middle High German brōt, from Old High German brōt (attested since the 8th century), from Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrew- (“to seethe, to boil”).

        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]

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        Brot n (strong, 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, figurative) livelihood, subsistence

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        Declension of Brot [neuter, strong]
        singular plural
        indef. def. noun def. noun
        nominative ein das Brot die Brote
        genitive eines des Brotes, Brots der Brote
        dative einem dem Brot, Brote1 den Broten
        accusative ein das Brot die Brote

        1Now rare, see notes.

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        bread: Hyponyms derived of Brot
        Other hyponyms of Brot
        slice of bread: Hyponyms derived of Brot

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        livelihood
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        References

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        1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Brot”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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        Low German

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        Brot n (Mecklenburgisch, Low Prussian, Schleswig-Holsteinisch)

        1. alternative form of Broot (“bread”)
          • 2012, Silke Frakstein, Kannst keen Platt fehlt di wat, published by epubli GmbH in Berlin, inside the story "Hasenbrot????? Wat is dat denn ?"
            Hest Du vergeten, wat wi in de letzten Johren för'n Hunger harrn un wat Brot weert weer?
            (please add an English translation of this quotation)
          • 1859, Fritz Reuter, Läuschen un Rimels. Plattdeutsche Gedichte heiteren Inhalts in mecklenburgisch-vorpommerscher Mundart, 4th edition, published in Dresden by Max Fischer's Verlagsbuchhandlung, p. 118
            Wo is hir Botter up dat Brot?
            Note: In the 1st edition published by the author himself in Treptow an der Tollense in 1853 it's thus: "Doa is abs'lutemang doch goa / Kein Spierken Botte up dat Brodt." In the 6th edition published by the Hinstorff'sche Hofbuchhandlung in Wismar and Ludwigslust in 1864, it's "Wo is hir Botter up dat Brod?"

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        Luxembourgish

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        Etymology

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

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        Brot m (plural Broten)

        1. joint, roast (of meat)
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        Pennsylvania German

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        Etymology

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        From Middle High German and Old High German brōt. Compare German Brot, Dutch brood, English bread.

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        Brot n

        1. bread
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