breet

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Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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  • bräät (most dialects of Moselle Franconian)
  • breit (Kölsch)

Etymology

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From Old High German breid, northern variant of breit.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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breet (masculine breede, feminine and plural breet or breede, comparative breeder, superlative et breetste)

  1. (Ripuarian, Eifel) broad, wide

East Central German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare Luxembourgish breet.

Adjective

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breet

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) broad, wide
    S loch viel Schnee, net huch aber breet.
    There was a lot of snow, not high but wide.

Further reading

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Old High German breid, northern variant of breit, from Proto-West Germanic *braid.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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breet (masculine breeden, neuter breet, comparative méi breet, superlative am breetsten)

  1. broad, wide

Declension

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This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *brēd, from Proto-West Germanic *braid.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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brêet (comparative brêder)

  1. broad, wide

Inflection

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Adjective
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
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

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: breed
    • Afrikaans: breed
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: brete
    • Negerhollands: breed
    • Caribbean Javanese: bradi (via Sranan Tongo)
    • West Frisian: breed
  • Limburgish: breid
  • Zealandic: breêd

Further reading

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Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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Compare German breit, Dutch breed, English broad.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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breet

  1. broad, wide

Plautdietsch

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Adjective

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breet (comparative breeda, superlative aum breetsten)

  1. broad