Brick

See also: brick

English

Etymology

Possibly from Brych, an East European surname with the same pronunciation.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Proper noun

Brick (plural Bricks)

  1. A surname.

See also

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German brucke, from Old High German brugga, brucca, from Proto-West Germanic *bruggju, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

Noun

Brick f (diminutive Brickl)

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) Bridge

References

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 26:

Hunsrik

En Brick

Etymology

From Old High German brugga, brucca (akin to Old Saxon bruggia), from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pril/

Noun

Brick f (plural Bricke)

  1. bridge
    Die Fraa stehd uff de Brick.
    The woman is standing on the bridge.

Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German brucke, from Old High German brugga, brucca, from Proto-West Germanic *bruggju, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

Compare German Brücke, Dutch brug, English bridge, Old Saxon bruggia, Low German Brüch, Danish brygge.

Noun

Brick f (plural Bricke)

  1. bridge
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