German

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Etymology

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los- +‎ brechen; cognate with Hunsrik losbreche

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈloːsˌbʁɛçən/, [ˈloːsˌbʁɛçn̩]
  • Hyphenation: los‧bre‧chen
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Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to break off [auxiliary haben]
  2. (transitive) to break out (begin suddenly) [auxiliary sein]

Conjugation

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