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Brand

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See also: brand, bränd, brænd, and Brånd

English

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Mit Kind und Kegel, a sculpture in Brand, Aachen

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Brand (countable and uncountable, plural Brands)

  1. A surname.
  2. A municipality in Bludenz district, Vorarlberg, Austria.
  3. A municipality in Tirschenreuth district, Bavaria, Germany.
  4. A borough of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  5. A hamlet in Beekdaelen municipality, Limburg province, Netherlands.

Dutch

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Etymology

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  • (Limburg) First attested as Op genne Brant in the 18th century. Derived from brand (site of a fire, location where something has been burned).
  • (Noord-Brabant) First attested as den Brandt in 1750. Derived from brand (fuel, turf).

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Brand n

  1. A hamlet in Beekdaelen, Limburg, Netherlands
  2. A hamlet in Maashorst, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

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  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German brant, from Old High German brant, from Proto-West Germanic *brand. Cognate with Bavarian Brånd and English brand.

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Brand m (strong, genitive Brandes or Brands, plural Brände)

  1. fire, blaze (destructive occurrence)
  2. hell
  3. distillation, brandy
    Synonym: Weinbrand
    Hyponyms: Weinbrand, Obstbrand
  4. (colloquial) strong thirst
    einen Brand haben(please add an English translation of this usage example)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English brand.

Noun

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Brand n or m (strong, genitive Brands, plural Brands) or
Brand f (genitive Brand, plural Brands)

  1. (marketing slang, otherwise unusual) brand
    Synonym: Marke
    • 2015 July 2, Daniele Muscionico, “Im Hinterhof mit Weitsicht”, in Die Zeit[2]:
      Internationale Brands benutzen Schriftarten, deren Erfinder Laurenz Brunner heißt und in einem Szeneviertel der deutschen Hauptstadt jeder Mode trotzt.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Proper noun

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Brand n (proper noun, genitive Brands or (optionally with an article) Brand)

  1. A municipality of Vorarlberg, Austria
  2. A municipality of Bavaria, Germany
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Further reading

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  • Brand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Brand” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Brand” in Duden online
  • Brand” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German brant, from Old High German brant, from Proto-West Germanic *brand. Cognate with German Brand, Dutch brand, English brand, West Frisian brân.

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Brand m (plural Bränn)

  1. fire

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