Bruder
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German bruoder, from Old High German bruoder, from Proto-West Germanic *brōþer, from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Doublet of Frater.
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Noun edit
Bruder m (strong, genitive Bruders, plural Brüder, diminutive Brüderchen n or Brüderlein n)
Declension edit
Declension of Bruder [masculine, strong]
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Further reading edit
- “Bruder” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Bruder” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Bruder” in Duden online
- Bruder on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Bruder”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German and Old High German bruoder. Compare German Bruder, Dutch broer, English brother, Swedish bror.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Bruder m (plural Brieder)