Brache

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See also: brache and bräche

German

Etymology

From Middle High German brāche, from Old High German brāhha, from Proto-West Germanic *brāku. Cognate with Luxembourgish Brooch, Dutch braak. Related with brechen (“to break”), so called because the field is ploughed (“broken”) and then left in this state.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʁaːxə/
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Noun

Brache f (genitive Brache, plural Brachen)

  1. (agriculture) fallow (unseeded arable land)
  2. (agriculture) fallow, fallowness (time or state of being unseeded)
  3. (figurative) something that is not sufficiently exploited or taken care of, something that requires work

Declension

Declension of Brache
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Brache die Brachen
genitive einer der Brache der Brachen
dative einer der Brache den Brachen
accusative eine die Brache die Brachen

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References

Further reading

  • “Brache” in Duden online
  • “Brache” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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