bréien

== Luxembourgish == === Etymology === Formally from Middle High German brüejen (“to scald”), from Proto-Germanic *brōaną. Cognate with German brühen, Dutch broeien. The sense “to brood” is originally that of related Middle High German brüeten, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną. Cognate with German brüten, Dutch broeden, English breed. It is attested locally as bréiden, brigden; the general Luxembourgish form should be *bridden. Semantic interaction between both Germanic verbs is also attested in Dutch and Low German. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbʀəɪ̯ən] Rhymes: -ɜɪən === Verb === bréien (third-person singular present bréit, past participle gebréit, auxiliary verb hunn) (transitive or intransitive, of birds) to brood, incubate, hatch; may by extension include the entire breeding process until fledging D’Hénger bréien hir Eeër. ― The hens are brooding their eggs. (transitive, butchery) to scald (a slaughtered pig to facilitate the removal of the bristles) ==== Conjugation ====