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Etymology

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From Middle High German brëchen, from Old High German brëhhan, from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.

Akin to Old Saxon brekan, Dutch breken (to break), English break.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbʁɛçən/, [ˈbʁɛçn̩], [ˈbʁɛxn̩]
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Verb

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brechen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present bricht, past tense brach, past participle gebrochen, past subjunctive bräche, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive) to break [auxiliary haben]
  2. (transitive, physics) to refract [auxiliary haben]
  3. (transitive or intransitive) to vomit [auxiliary haben]
  4. (transitive) to fold [auxiliary haben]
  5. (intransitive) to become broken; to break; to fracture [auxiliary sein]

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Middle High German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German brëhhan, from Proto-West Germanic *brekan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈbrɛxən/

Verb

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brëchen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present brichet, past tense brach, past participle gebrochen, past subjunctive bræche, auxiliary hān)

  1. (intransitive) to break
  2. (transitive) to break (+ accusative)

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Descendants

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  • German: brechen

References

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  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “brëchen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel