Bruch

See also: bruch and bŕuch

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German bruch, from Old High German bruh, from Proto-Germanic *brukiz. Cognate with Yiddish בראָך‎ (brokh), Dutch breuk, English breach, which last see for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁʊx/
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Noun

Bruch m (genitive Bruchs or Bruches, plural Brüche)

  1. fracture
  2. breach
  3. (mathematics) fraction
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German bruoch, from Old High German bruoh, from Proto-Germanic *brōkaz. Cognate with Dutch broek, English brook, which latter see for more.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁuːx/
  • IPA(key): /bʁʊx/ (now commonly, per etymology 1)

Noun

Bruch m, n (genitive Bruchs or Bruches, plural Brüche or Brücher)

  1. (now chiefly in placenames) A wetland; marsh; moist meadow (usually kinds fit for pastoral use, rather than actual bogs or swamps)

Luxembourgish

Proper noun

Bruch

  1. A small town in central Luxembourg.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Bruch, Dutch breuk, English breach.

Noun

Bruch m (plural Brich)

  1. quarry
  2. breach
  3. hernia

Plautdietsch

Noun

Bruch m

  1. rupture
  2. hiatus
  3. hernia
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