Braut
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See also: braut
Etymology
From Middle High German brūt, from Old High German brūt (akin to Old Saxon brūd), from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz. Compare Dutch bruid, English bride, Danish brud.
Pronunciation
Noun
Braut f (genitive Braut, plural Bräute, diminutive Bräutchen n or Bräutlein n, masculine Bräutigam)
- bride; a woman taking part in a marriage
- (informal) a girlfriend, young woman, broad
Declension
Declension of Braut [feminine]
Antonyms
Derived terms
- Braut-
- Braut-und-Bräutigam-Pflanze
- Brautausstattung
- Brautaussteuer
- Brautauto
- Brautbad
- Brautbett
- Brautbouquet
- Brautbukett
- Brauteltern
- Brautente
- Brautentführung
- Brautexamen
- Brautfrisur
- Brautführer
- Brautgabe
- Brautgeld
- Brautgemach
- Brautgeschäft
- Brautgeschenkspinne
- Brauthandschuh
- Brautjungfer
- Brautkleid
- Brautkranz
- Brautkrönchen
- Brautkrone
- Brautkutsche
- Brautladen
- Brautland
- Brautleute
- Brautlied
- Brautlimousine
- Brautmädchen
- Brautmagazin
- Brautmesse
- Brautmode
- Brautmonster
- Brautmutter
- Brautmyrte
- Brautmystik
- Brautnacht
- Brautpaar
- Brautparty
- Brautpreis
- Brautraub
- Brautschau
- Brautschleier
- Brautschleppe
- Brautschmuck
- Brautschuh
- Brautspiere
- Brautspierstrauch
- Brautstehlen
- Brautstrauss
- Brautstrauß
- Brauttorte
- Brauttruhe
- Brautunterricht
- Brautunterwäsche
- Brautvater
- Brautwagen
- Brautwäsche
- Brautwerbung
- Brautzeit
- Brautzug
Descendants
- Kashubian: brutka (dated)
Further reading
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German brūt. The regular form of the plural is archaic Brait (cf. Haut → Hait), but the alternation in the diphthong’s onset was levelled here.
Cognate with German Braut, English bride, Dutch bruid, Icelandic brúður.
Pronunciation
Noun
Braut f (plural Bräit)
Further reading
- Braut in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire
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