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German
Etymology
Brot (“livelihood”, literally “bread”) + Neid (“envy”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Brotneid m (strong, genitive Brotneides or Brotneids, no plural)
- professional jealousy
- Coordinate term: Futterneid
1835, Eduard Heinel, Geschichte des Preußischen Staates und Volkes, page 739:Tausend vierhundert Häuser sanken in Schutt und Asche, ein Opfer des Brotneides und der kaufmännischen Eifersucht, die ihre Handelsvortheile in die alten Gränzen der Stadt sperren wollte (1455).- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
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Further reading
- “Brotneid” in Duden online
- “Brotneid” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache