brust

See also: Brust

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brusts, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell, blow, inflate”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃 (brusts).

Noun

brust f

breast, chest

Declension

Declension of brust (feminine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	brust	brusti
accusative	brust	brusti
genitive	brusti	brusto
dative	brusti	brusten

Descendants

German: Brust
Luxembourgish: Broscht
Vilamovian: brust
Yiddish: ברוסט‎ (brust)

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Old High German brust, from Proto-Germanic *brusts, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell, blow, inflate”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

brūst f (plural brysta) (diminutive brystła)

(anatomy) breast; the fleshy organs on the chest of a sexually mature human female
(anatomy) chest, thorax; the portion of the body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen
bosom

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