Brunnen
See also: brunnen
English
Proper noun
Brunnen
- A municipality in Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.
- A resort on Lake Lucerne, Schwyz canton, Switzerland.
German
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Ein Brunnen
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]
Audio (file)
Noun
Brunnen m (strong, genitive Brunnens, plural Brunnen, diminutive Brünnchen n or Brünnlein n)
- well
- Synonyms: (poetic) Born, (archaic, dialectal) Pütz
Declension
Declension of Brunnen [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Brunnen | die | Brunnen |
genitive | eines | des | Brunnens | der | Brunnen |
dative | einem | dem | Brunnen | den | Brunnen |
accusative | einen | den | Brunnen | die | Brunnen |
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