bruuche

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German brūhhan, from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną (“to make use of, employ, use, consume”). Cognate with German brauchen, Dutch bruiken, English brook.

Pronunciation

Verb

bruuche (third-person singular simple present bruucht, past participle pruucht, auxiliary haa)

  1. to use
    • 1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
      Si würded also säge, Lüt, wo mer bruche chönd.
      So, the type of people we could use, would you say?
  2. to use up
  3. to need
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