Brunnen
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See also: brunnen
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Brunnen
- A municipality of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany.
- A resort on Lake Lucerne, Schwyz canton, Switzerland.
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German brunne, from Old High German brunno, from Proto-West Germanic *brunnō, from Proto-Germanic *brunnô, whence also Old English burna, Old Norse brunnr; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrun- (“a bubbling forth; a fountain, wellspring, source”).
The form is Upper German, most Low and Central German dialects using Born (now poetic in the standard language). This southern origin also explains the vocalism; the expected form is Bronnen with -u- → -o- before a nasal geminate.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Brunnen m (strong, genitive Brunnens, plural Brunnen, diminutive Brünnchen n or Brünnlein n)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Brunnen [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Brunnen” in Duden online
- “Brunnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Brunnen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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