Brot

See also brót, Brot., brote, and brot

German

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Zwei Brote — Two breads (1, 2)

Mehrere Scheiben Roggenbrot — Several slices of rye bread (3)

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 (> Low German Broot, Brot), Old Dutch *brōd (> Dutch brood, Afrikaans brood), Old English brēad (> Modern English bread, Scots breid), West Frisian brea and Old Norse brauð (> Icelandic brauð, Faroese breyð, Norwegian brød, Swedish bröd, Danish brød).

Non-Germanic-Cognates include Ancient Greek βρύτος (brutos, “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”) (> German brauen). It replaced the older Laib (“loaf”) which was the more common term in Old High German (cf. the use of hlāf and brēad in Old English).

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”) (cf. Swedish bryta (“to break”), Albanian brydh (“weak, mild”), English brittle). A conflation of both roots could also be possible.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [bʀoːt]

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• Rhymes: -oːt
• Hyphenation: Brot

Noun

Brot n (genitive Brots or Brotes, plural Brote)

1. bread
2. loaf of bread
3. slice of bread

Declension

declension of Brot

	singular			plural
n gender	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Brot	die	Brote
genitive	eines	des	Brotes, Brots	der	Brote
dative	einem	dem	Brot, Brote (archaic)	den	Broten
accusative	ein	das	Brot	die	Brote

Derived terms

Abendbrot Aschenbrot Affenbrot Brötchen Brotkasten brotlos Brotzeit

Butterbrot Fladenbrot Graubrot Käsebrot Ofenbrot Roggenbrot Schnittbrot

Schwarzbrot (unser) täglich Brot Vollkornbrot Weißbrot Wurstbrot

Related terms

• brauen

See also

• Laib m
• Scheibe f
• belegen

Reference

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German Low German

Alternative forms

• Broot

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)