Windsbraut

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German windesbrūt, Old High German wintes prūt. By surface analysis, Wind +‎ -s- +‎ Braut (“bride”), interpreted as a personification, but perhaps related to brausen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɪntsˌbʁaʊ̯t/ Hyphenation: Winds‧braut === Noun === Windsbraut f (genitive Windsbraut, plural Windsbräute) (poetic) whirlwind 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, Acts 27:14 (with KJV translation) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Windsbraut” in Duden online “Windsbraut”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Windsbraut” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.