Brot

== Central Franconian == === Alternative forms === Brut (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle High German brōt. === Noun === Brot n (southern Moselle Franconian) bread loaf of bread ==== Descendants ==== Hunsrik: Brod Luxembourgish: Brout == German == === Alternative forms === Brod (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German brōt, from Old High German brōt (attested since the 8th century), from Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrew- (“to seethe, to boil”). Originally, the meaning of Brot was "what has been fermented, leaven" and may be a nominal derivative from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną (“to brew”) (whence German brauen). It replaced the older Laib (“loaf”) which was the more common term in Old High German (compare the use of hlāf and brēad in Old English). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʁoːt/ Rhymes: -oːt Hyphenation: Brot Homophone: Brod === Noun === Brot n (strong, genitive Brotes or Brots, plural Brote, diminutive Brötchen n) (usually uncountable) bread (countable) loaf of bread (countable) slice of bread; sandwich (uncountable, figurative) livelihood, subsistence ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== (supper): Abendbrot (livelihood): Gnadenbrot ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== brauen Brot und Spiele (livelihood): (unser) täglich Brot Zuckerbrot und Peitsche ==== See also ==== Laib m Scheibe f belegen === References === === Further reading === “Brot” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Brot” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Brot” in Duden online Brot on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Brot” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. == German Low German == === Noun === Brot n (Mecklenburgisch, Low Prussian, Schleswig-Holsteinisch) alternative form of Broot (“bread”) 2012, Silke Frakstein, Kannst keen Platt fehlt di wat, published by epubli GmbH in Berlin, inside the story "Hasenbrot????? Wat is dat denn ?" 1859, Fritz Reuter, Läuschen un Rimels. Plattdeutsche Gedichte heiteren Inhalts in mecklenburgisch-vorpommerscher Mundart, 4th edition, published in Dresden by Max Fischer's Verlagsbuchhandlung, p. 118 ==== Derived terms ==== Obendbrot, Awendbrot Botterbrot Brotke (Low Prussian) Brotmest Tobrot (Low Prussian) == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Old High German brāto, from Proto-Germanic *brēdô. Cognate with German Braten, Dutch braad, Icelandic bráð. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʀoːt/ === Noun === Brot m (plural Broten) joint, roast (of meat) ==== Related terms ==== broden == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === From Middle High German and Old High German brōt. Compare German Brot, Dutch brood, English bread. === Noun === Brot n bread