Brunnen

== English == === Proper noun === Brunnen A municipality in Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district, Upper Bavaria region, Bavaria, Germany. A resort on Lake Lucerne, Schwyz canton, Switzerland. == German == === Alternative forms === Bronn, Bronne, Bronnen, Brun, Brunn, Brunne (obsolete) === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /ˈbʁʊnən/, [ˈbʁʊ.nən], [ˈbʁʊ.nn̩] === Noun === Brunnen m (strong, genitive Brunnens, plural Brunnen, diminutive Brünnchen n or Brünnlein n) well Synonyms: (poetic) Born, (archaic, dialectal) Pütz ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== das Kind fällt in den Brunnen === Further reading === “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