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Bavarian

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Etymology

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Cognate with German braun.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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braun

  1. brown

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

Cimbrian

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Noun

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braun

  1. plural of brau
  2. dative singular of brau

German

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1. brauner Zucker

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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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

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

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Hungarian: barna

Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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

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braun (comparative brauner, superlative braunest)

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

Declension

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Declension of braun (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
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

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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

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Middle English

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Noun

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braun

  1. Alternative form of brawne

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English brown.

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braun

  1. brown

Volapük

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Braun (brown).

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Noun

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braun (nominative plural brauns)

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

Declension

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