Bruder

See also: bruder and Brüder

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bruoder, from Old High German bruoder, from Proto-West Germanic *brōþer, from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Doublet of Frater.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbruːdɐ/
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Hyphenation: Bru‧der

Noun

Bruder m (strong, genitive Bruders, plural Brüder, diminutive Brüderchen n or Brüderlein n)

brother
Mein Bruder hat zwei Katzen. ― My brother has two cats.
Brother (title of respect)

Declension

Declension of Bruder [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bruder	die	Brüder
genitive	eines	des	Bruders	der	Brüder
dative	einem	dem	Bruder	den	Brüdern
accusative	einen	den	Bruder	die	Brüder

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Further reading

“Bruder” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Bruder” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Bruder” in Duden online
Bruder on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Bruder”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German bruoder. Compare German Bruder, Dutch broer, English brother, Swedish bror.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbruːdɐ/

Noun

Bruder m (plural Brieder)

brother

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