bruder

See also: Bruder and Brüder

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Brüeder, Brueder, briöder, brueder, bröder

Etymology

From Middle High German bruoder, from Old High German bruoder, from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Cognate with German Bruder, Dutch broer, broeder, English brother, West Frisian broer, Icelandic bróðir.

Noun

bruder m

1. (Issime) brother

References

• “bruder” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Akin to Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌰𐍂 (brōþar), Old English brōþor (English brother), German Bruder, Dutch broeder, Swedish broder, all from the same Germanic root; and from Indo-European, Latin frater, Russian брат (brat)), Ancient Greek φράτηρ (phrátēr), Latvian brālis, Persian برادر‎ (barâdar), Old Prussian brāti, and Welsh brawd.

Noun

bruder

1. brother
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Bruder. Frater.

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch broeder, from Middle Dutch broeder, from Old Dutch bruother, from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Doublet of frater.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brudər/
• Hyphenation: bru‧dêr

Noun

brudêr

1. brother
2. (Catholicism) friar

Further reading

• “bruder” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bruder m or f

1. indefinite plural of brud

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bruder f

1. indefinite plural of brud