See also: Braun

Bavarian Edit

Etymology Edit

Cognate with German braun.

Pronunciation Edit

Adjective Edit

braun

  1. brown

See also Edit

Colors in Bavarian · Foarbm (layout · text)
     weiß      grau      schwoarz
             roud/rood              oransch; braun              gejb/gölb
                          grea             
                          blau              blau
             lila, violett              lila              rosa

Cimbrian Edit

Noun Edit

braun

  1. plural of brau
  2. dative singular of brau

German Edit

 
1. brauner Zucker

Etymology Edit

From Middle High German and Old High German brūn, from Proto-West Germanic *brūn.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /bʁaʊ̯n/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: braun
  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯n

Adjective Edit

braun (strong nominative masculine singular brauner, comparative brauner or (colloquial) bräuner, superlative am braunsten or (colloquial) am bräunsten)

  1. brown
    brauner Zuckerbrown sugar
  2. tan (skin, due to sun exposure)
  3. (politics, historical) of the Nazi party and organisations (due to the brown SA uniform)
  4. (politics, loosely, derogatory) of the political right, especially the far right

Usage notes Edit

  • The comparation forms with umlaut (bräuner, am bräunsten) are chiefly colloquial.

Declension Edit

Hyponyms Edit

Derived terms Edit

Related terms Edit

Descendants Edit

  • Hungarian: barna

Further reading Edit

  • braun” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • braun” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • braun” in Duden online
  •   braun on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik Edit

Etymology Edit

From Middle High German and Old High German brūn, from Proto-West Germanic *brūn.

Pronunciation Edit

Adjective Edit

braun (comparative brauner, superlative braunest)

  1. brown
    Eere Aue sin braun.
    Her eyes are brown.

Declension Edit

Declension of braun
masculine feminine neuter plural
Weak inflection nominative braun braun braun braune
accusative braune braun braun braune
dative braune braune braune braune
Strong inflection nominative brauner braune braunes braune
accusative braune braune braunes braune
dative braunem brauner braunem braune
Note: The actual adjective endings used by everyday speakers are quite irregular and vary from one to another. The above relationship is proposed based on the declension of existing adjectives in standard German and other varieties and adapted to the endings expected in a regular evolution of Rhenish and Palatine dialects.

See also Edit

Colors in Hunsrik · Forrve (layout · text)
     Weis      Grau      Schwarz
             Rod              Ranschegelleb; Braun              Gelleb, Geel
             Grien (Hellgrien), (Neongrien)              Grien (Dunkelgrien)              Menz
             Meergrien              Blau (Hellblau)              Blau (Dunkelblau)
             Feilche              Rosch, Lila              Roserod

Further reading Edit

Middle English Edit

Noun Edit

braun

  1. Alternative form of brawne

Tok Pisin Edit

Etymology Edit

From English brown.

Adjective Edit

braun

  1. brown

Volapük Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from German Braun (brown).

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

braun (nominative plural brauns)

  1. (the color) brown, brown color, brownness

Declension Edit

See also Edit

Colors in Volapük · köls (layout · text)
     viet      ged      bläg
             red              rojan; braun              yelov
                          grün             
                                       blöv
             violät              purpur              redül