Brick

See also: brick

English

Etymology

Possibly from Brych, an East European surname with the same pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪk

Proper noun

Brick (plural Bricks)

1. A surname.

See also

• Brickhouse
• Bryck

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German brucke, from Old High German brugga, brucca, from Proto-West Germanic *bruggju, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

Noun

Brick f (diminutive Brickl)

1. (Erzgebirgisch) Bridge

References

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 26:

Hunsrik

En Brick

Etymology

From Old High German brugga, brucca (akin to Old Saxon bruggia), from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prik/

Noun

Brick f (plural Bricke)

1. bridge

   Die Fraa stehd uff de Brick.

   The woman is standing on the bridge.

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German brucke, from Old High German brugga, brucca, from Proto-West Germanic *bruggju, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

Compare German Brücke, Dutch brug, English bridge, Old Saxon bruggia, Low German Brüch, Danish brygge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɪk/

Noun

Brick f (plural Bricke)

1. bridge