Brick
See also: brick
English edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from Brych, an East European surname with the same pronunciation.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɪk
Proper noun edit
Brick (plural Bricks)
- A surname.
See also edit
East Central German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German brucke, from Old High German brugga, brucca, from Proto-West Germanic *bruggju, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.
Noun edit
Brick f (diminutive Brickl)
References edit
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 26:
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German brugga, brucca (akin to Old Saxon bruggia), from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Brick f (plural Bricke)
- bridge
- Die Fraa stehd uff de Brick.
- The woman is standing on the bridge.
Further reading edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German brucke, from Old High German brugga, brucca, from Proto-West Germanic *bruggju, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.
Compare German Brücke, Dutch brug, English bridge, Old Saxon bruggia, Low German Brüch, Danish brygge.
Noun edit
Brick f (plural Bricke)