breet
See also: Breet
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- bräät (most dialects of Moselle Franconian)
- breit (Kölsch)
Etymology
From Old High German breid, northern variant of breit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʀeːt/
Adjective
breet (masculine breede, feminine and plural breet or breede, comparative breeder, superlative et breetste)
East Central German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare Luxembourgish breet.
Adjective
breet
- (Erzgebirgisch) broad, wide
- S loch viel Schnee, net huch aber breet.
- There was a lot of snow, not high but wide.
Further reading
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German breid, northern variant of breit, from Proto-West Germanic *braid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʀeːt/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eːt
- Homophone: Breet
Adjective
breet (masculine breeden, neuter breet, comparative méi breet, superlative am breetsten)
Declension
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *brēd, from Proto-West Germanic *braid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /breːt/
Adjective
brêet (comparative brêder)
Inflection
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
nominative | indefinite | brêet | brêde | brêet | brêde |
definite | brêde | brêde | |||
accusative | indefinite | brêden | brêde | brêet | brêde |
definite | brêde | ||||
genitive | indefinite | brêets | brêder | brêets | brêder |
definite | brêets, brêden | brêets, brêden | |||
dative | brêden | brêder | brêden | brêden |
Alternative forms
- breit (Limburgish)
Descendants
Further reading
- “breet”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “breet”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German breit, Dutch breed, English broad.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /breːt/
Adjective
breet