Brasse

See also: brasse and brassé

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

A Central and Low German form with -ss- for -chs-, from northern Middle High German and Middle Low German brassem, from Old High German brahsma, from Proto-West Germanic *brahsima, from Proto-Germanic *brahsmǭ, perhaps from *brehwanaz (“shining, glittery, sparkly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerek- (“to shine”), see also English braid (verb).

The form has widely replaced the more southern Brachse(n) in standard usage. Cognate with Dutch brasem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbʁasə/
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  • Rhymes: -asə

Noun

Brasse f (genitive Brasse, plural Brassen)

  1. carp bream (a fish)

Declension
Declension of Brasse [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Brasse die Brassen
genitive einer der Brasse der Brassen
dative einer der Brasse den Brassen
accusative eine die Brasse die Brassen

Derived terms

Proper noun

Brasse m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Brasses or (with an article) Brasse, feminine genitive Brasse, plural Brasses or Brasse)

  1. a surname

Further reading
  • “Brasse” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Brasse” in Duden online
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