brechen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German brëchen, from Old High German brëhhan, from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-. Akin to Old Saxon brekan, Dutch breken (“to break”), English break. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʁɛçən/, [ˈbʁɛçn̩], [ˈbʁɛxn̩] === Verb === brechen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present bricht, past tense brach, past participle gebrochen, past subjunctive bräche, auxiliary haben or sein) (transitive) to break [auxiliary haben] (transitive, physics) to refract [auxiliary haben] (transitive or intransitive) to vomit [auxiliary haben] (transitive) to fold [auxiliary haben] (intransitive) to become broken; to break; to fracture [auxiliary sein] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Brechen, Brecher, Brechung brechend, gebrochen erbrechen, gebrechen, unterbrechen, verbrechen, zerbrechen Brechstange Gebreche n ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “brechen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “brechen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “brechen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “brechen” in Duden online “brechen” in OpenThesaurus.de == Middle High German == === Etymology === Inherited from Old High German brëhhan, from Proto-West Germanic *brekan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈbrɛxːən/ === Verb === brëchen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present brichet, past tense brach, past participle gebrochen, past subjunctive bræche, auxiliary hān) (intransitive) to break (transitive) to break (+ accusative) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== zerbrëchen ==== Descendants ==== German: brechen === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “brëchen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel