German and Alemannic German surname for someone who lived in an area cleared by fire, from Brandt. Compare Brand.
Brandt (plural Brandts)
Brandt
First attested as de Brand in 1838-1857. Derived from brand (“place where something has burned down”).
See also Limburgish Brandj.
Brandt n
Contraction of given names containing the Germanic element *Brand-, -brand (“fire/ sword”) such as modern German Hildebrandt.
Brandt m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Brandts or (with an article) Brandt, feminine genitive Brandt, plural Brandts)
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masculine | feminine | |||||||
indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | (ein) | (der) | Brandt | (eine) | (die) | Brandt | (die) | Brandts |
genitive | (eines) | (des) | Brandts, Brandt1 | (einer) | (der) | Brandt | (der) | Brandts |
dative | (einem) | (dem) | Brandt | (einer) | (der) | Brandt | (den) | Brandts |
accusative | (einen) | (den) | Brandt | (eine) | (die) | Brandt | (die) | Brandts |
1With an article.