Brecht
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From a common name element meaning "bright," from Proto-West Germanic *berht.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Brecht m
- a male given name
Related terms edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From a common Germanic surname element meaning "bright," from Proto-West Germanic *berht.
Proper noun edit
Brecht m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Brechts or (with an article) Brecht, feminine genitive Brecht, plural Brechts)
- a surname
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brecht”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 220.