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
• Rhymes: -uːdɐ

Noun

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

1. brother

   Coordinate term: Schwester (“sister”)

   Mein Bruder hat zwei Katzen. ― My brother has two cats.

2. 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

Hyponyms

• Amtsbruder
• Blutsbruder
• Corpsbruder
• Gammelbruder
• Halbbruder
• Kampfbruder
• Milchbruder
• Mitbruder
• Mutterbruder
• Stiefbruder
• Vaterbruder
• Waffenbruder
• warmer Bruder
• Zwillingsbruder

 

Derived terms

• Bruder Hein
• Bruder Leichtfuß
• Bruder Lustig
• brüderlich
• Brüderschaft
• Gebrüder

 

Related terms

• Bruderliebe
• Brudermord
• Brüderschaft

 

Further reading

• “Bruder” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bruder” in Duden online
• “Bruder” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Bruder”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
• Bruder on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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)

1. brother