breet
See also: Breet
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- bräät (most dialects of Moselle Franconian)
- breit (Kölsch)
Etymology
From Old High German breid, northern variant of breit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʀeːt/
Adjective
breet (masculine breede, feminine breet, comparative breeder, superlative et breetste)
- (Ripuarian, Eifel) broad; wide
East Central German
Alternative forms
- braat
Etymology
Compare Luxembourgish breet.
Adjective
breet
- (Erzgebirgisch) broad, wide
- S loch viel Schnee, net huch aber breet.
- There was a lot of snow, not high but wide.
Further reading
- https://www.erzgebirgisch.de/b.breet_1.wort
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German breid, northern variant of breit, from Proto-West Germanic *braid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʀeːt/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːt
- Homophone: Breet
Adjective
breet (masculine breeden, neuter breet, comparative méi breet, superlative am breetsten)
- broad, wide
Declension
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms
- Breet
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *brēd, from Proto-West Germanic *braid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /breːt/
Adjective
brêet (comparative brêder)
- broad, wide
Inflection
| Adjective | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | ||
| Nominative | Indefinite | brêet | brêde | brêet | brêde |
| Definite | brêde | brêde | |||
| Accusative | Indefinite | brêden | brêde | brêet | brêde |
| Definite | brêde | ||||
| Genitive | brêets | brêder | brêets | brêder | |
| Dative | brêden | brêder | brêden | brêden | |
Alternative forms
- breit (Limburgish)
Descendants
- Dutch: breed
- Afrikaans: breed
- Berbice Creole Dutch: brete
- Negerhollands: breed
- → Caribbean Javanese: bradi (via Sranan Tongo)
- → West Frisian: breed
- Limburgish: breid
- Zealandic: breêd
Further reading
- “breet”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “breet”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German breit, Dutch breed, English broad.
Adjective
breet
- broad, wide
Plautdietsch
Adjective
breet (comparative breeda, superlative aum breetsten)
- broad