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

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

Etymology

  • (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

Proper noun

Brand n

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

References

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

German

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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)
Declension
Declension of Brand
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Brand die Brände
genitive eines des Brandes, Brands der Brände
dative einem dem Brand, Brande1 den Bränden
accusative einen den Brand die Brände

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English brand.

Noun

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:
      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
Declension of Brand
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das, der Brand die Brands
genitive eines des Brands der Brands
dative einem dem Brand den Brands
accusative ein, einen das, den Brand die Brands
Declension of Brand
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Brand die Brands
genitive einer der Brand der Brands
dative einer der Brand den Brands
accusative eine die Brand die Brands

Etymology 3

Proper noun

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

  1. A municipality of Vorarlberg, Austria
  2. A municipality of Bavaria, Germany
Declension
Declension of Brand
singular
def. noun
nominative das Brand
genitive des Brands, Brand1
dative dem Brand
accusative das Brand

1Optionally with an article.

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

Brand m (plural Bränn)

  1. fire

Synonyms

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