Brod
German
Noun
Brod n (strong, genitive Brodes or Brods, plural Brode, diminutive Brödchen n)
- (obsolete outside dialects) Alternative spelling of Brot
- 1867, Karl Marx, Das Kapital […] , I: Der Produktionsprocess des Kapitals, Hamburg: Otto Meissner:
- Ein Unterverkäufer, der sein Brod unter dem mit dem Mehlpreis wechselnden Kostpreis verkauft, hält sich schadlos, indem er mehr Arbeit aus seinen Leuten herausschlägt.
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Usage notes
Already considered unhochdeutsch (“un-High German”) in the 19th c.[1] and replaced by Brot as the dominant spelling at the turn of the century.[2]
References
- “Brod” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Brot, Brod at Google Ngram Viewer
German Low German
Noun
Brod n
- (Mecklenburgisch, Low Prussian, Schleswig-Holsteinisch) Alternative spelling of Brot (“bread”)
Hunsrik
Alternative forms
- proot (Wiesemann spelling system)
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German brōt, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /proːt/
Further reading
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