Brod
East Franconian
Alternative forms
- Bruad (Itzgründisch)
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German brōt, from Proto-West Germanic *braud.
Noun
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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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 the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
German Low German
Noun
Brod n
- (Mecklenburgisch, Low Prussian, Schleswig-Holsteinisch) alternative spelling of Brot (“bread”)
Hunsrik
Alternative forms
- proot (Wiesemann spelling)
Etymology
From Central Franconian Brot, from Middle High German brōt, from Old High German brōt, from Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈproːt/
- Rhymes: -oːt
- Syllabification: Brod
Noun
Brod n (plural Brod)
- bread
- Ich backe Brod.
- I bake bread.
Related terms
- Brodmesser
- Euerbrod
- Miljebrod
- Schwarzbrod
- Wasserbrod
- Weisbrod
- Weizebrod
- Zuckerbrod
References
- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Brod”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 29, column 1