Brand
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- As an English, Scottish, north German, Dutch, French, and North Germanic surname, from a Germanic personal name derived from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“sword, firebrand, torch”), as in the second element of Hildebrand.
- Also as a German surname, variant of Brandt.
- As a Swedish and Danish surname, from brand (“fire”).
- As a Jewish surname, from German Brand (“fire”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Brand (countable and uncountable, plural Brands)
- A surname.
- A municipality in Bludenz district, Vorarlberg, Austria.
- A municipality in Tirschenreuth district, Bavaria, Germany.
- A borough of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- A hamlet in Beekdaelen municipality, Limburg province, Netherlands.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- (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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Brand n
- A hamlet in Beekdaelen, Limburg, Netherlands
- A hamlet in Maashorst, North Brabant, Netherlands
References
[edit]- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German brant, from Old High German brant, from Proto-West Germanic *brand. Cognate with Bavarian Brånd and English brand.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Brand m (strong, genitive Brandes or Brands, plural Brände)
- fire, blaze (destructive occurrence)
- 1872, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, “Das Kindlein in Mainz”, in Huttens letzte Tage[1]:
- Dein Name sei gelobt! Hüt uns vor drei: / Vor Wassernot und Brand und Kriegsgeschrei!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- hell
- distillation, brandy
- (colloquial) strong thirst
- einen Brand haben ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Brand [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]Brand n or m (strong, genitive Brands, plural Brands) or
Brand f (genitive Brand, plural Brands)
- (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)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Brand [neuter // masculine, strong]
Declension of Brand [feminine]
Etymology 3
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Brand n (proper noun, genitive Brands or (optionally with an article) Brand)
- A municipality of Vorarlberg, Austria
- A municipality of Bavaria, Germany
Declension
[edit]Declension of Brand [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
Further reading
[edit]- “Brand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Brand” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Brand” in Duden online
- “Brand” in Duden online
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Brand m (plural Bränn)
Synonyms
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- English terms derived from German
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from North Germanic languages
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- English terms derived from Swedish
- English terms derived from Danish
- English 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ænd
- Rhymes:English/ænd/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- en:Municipalities of Vorarlberg
- en:Places in Vorarlberg
- en:Places in Austria
- en:Municipalities of Germany
- en:Places in Bavaria
- en:Places in Germany
- en:Places in North Rhine-Westphalia
- en:Villages in Limburg, Netherlands
- en:Villages in the Netherlands
- en:Places in Limburg, Netherlands
- en:Places in the Netherlands
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑnt
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑnt/1 syllable
- Dutch terms with homophones
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Villages in Limburg, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Places in Limburg, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands
- nl:Villages in North Brabant, Netherlands
- nl:Places in North Brabant, Netherlands
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
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- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
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- Rhymes:German/ant
- Rhymes:German/ant/1 syllable
- German lemmas
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- de:Municipalities of Vorarlberg
- de:Places in Vorarlberg
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- de:Places in Bavaria
- de:Places in Germany
- German uncountable nouns
- de:Fire
- de:Firefighting
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/ɑnt
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