breet
See also: Breet
Central Franconian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German breid, northern variant of breit.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
breet (masculine breede, feminine and plural breet or breede, comparative breeder, superlative et breetste)
East Central German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Compare Luxembourgish breet.
Adjective edit
breet
- (Erzgebirgisch) broad, wide
- S loch viel Schnee, net huch aber breet.
- There was a lot of snow, not high but wide.
Further reading edit
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German breid, northern variant of breit, from Proto-West Germanic *braid.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
breet (masculine breeden, neuter breet, comparative méi breet, superlative am breetsten)
Declension edit
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms edit
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *brēd, from Proto-West Germanic *braid.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
brêet (comparative brêder)
Inflection edit
Adjective | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | ||
Nominative | Indefinite | brêet | brêde | brêet | brêde |
Definite | brêde | brêde | |||
Accusative | Indefinite | brêden | brêde | brêet | brêde |
Definite | brêde | ||||
Genitive | brêets | brêder | brêets | brêder | |
Dative | brêden | brêder | brêden | brêden |
Alternative forms edit
- breit (Limburgish)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “breet”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “breet”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
Compare German breit, Dutch breed, English broad.
Adjective edit
breet