brauche
English edit
Noun edit
brauche (uncountable)
- Synonym of braucherei
German edit
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
brauche
- inflection of brauchen:
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Central Franconian brauche, from Middle High German brūchen, from Old High German brūhhan,, from Proto-West Germanic *brūkan, from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg-.[1]
Cognate with German brauchen and Luxembourgish brauchen.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
brauche
- (transitive, with accusative) to need
- Meer brauche noch Millich. ― We still need milk.
- (inransitive or transitive, with dative, religion) to bless (to make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify)
- (auxiliary, chiefly in the negative or with nore) to need
- Du brauchst das net mache ― You don't need to to that.
- Meer brauche nore moie faare. ― We only need to go tomorrow.
Conjugation edit
| Irregular with past tense and conditional mood | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | brauche | |||
| participle | gebrauchd | |||
| auxiliary | hon | |||
| present indicative |
past indicative |
conditional | imperative | |
| ich | brauche | brauchd | breichd | — |
| du | brauchst | brauchst | breichst | brauch |
| er/sie/es | brauchd | brauchd | breichd | — |
| meer | brauche | brauchde | breichde | — |
| deer | brauchd | brauchd | breichd | brauchd |
| sie | brauche | brauchde | breichde | — |
| The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end. | ||||
References edit
- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “brauche”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary][1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 28
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
Compare German brauchen, Dutch bruiken, English brook.
Verb edit
brauche
Usage notes edit
- Also used as a modal verb to mirror the English construction, "to need to do something."
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of brauche
| infinitive | brauche | |
|---|---|---|
| past participle | hot gebraucht | |
| present subjunctive | daet brauche | |
| past subjunctive | hett brauche | |
| present tense | ||
| 1st person singular | brauch | |
| 2nd person singular | brauchscht | |
| 3rd person singular | braucht | |
| 1st person plural | brauche | |
| 2nd person plural | braucht | |
| 3rd person plural | brauche | |
| imperative | brauch | |