Breit
English
editEtymology
editGerman topographic surname for someone living near a wide brook, from breit (“wide, broad”).
Proper noun
editBreit (plural Breits)
- A surname.
Derived terms
editStatistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Breit is the 20408th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1302 individuals. Breit is most common among White (94.01%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Kluge, Friedrich, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, 24 durchgesehene, Berlin, Walter de Gruyter, 2002.
Anagrams
editGerman
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBreit m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Breits or (with an article) Breit, feminine genitive Breit, plural Breits)
- a surname
Related terms
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- English terms derived from German
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German feminine nouns
- German nouns with multiple genders
- German surnames