braat

See also: bråț

East Central German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Luxembourgish breet.

Adjective

braat

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) broad, wide
    Is hot gruß un braat im Blaatel gestanden.
    That was quite obviously in the newsletter. (lit. 'It was written big and wide in the newspaper.' As a reproach, how one could have overlooked something obvious).

Derived terms
  • braatbaanig
  • gruß un braat
  • handbraat

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 25:

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German breit, from Old High German breit, from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbraːt/
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Adjective

braat

  1. broad, wide
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