From Middle High German brūwen, briuwen, from Old High German briuwan. The form shows the Central German development of Middle High German -iuw- → -ūw-, which is only sporadically reflected in the modern standard language (compare kauen).
brauen (weak, third-person singular present braut, past tense braute, past participle gebraut, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | brauen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | brauend | ||||
| past participle | gebraut | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich braue | wir brauen | i | ich braue | wir brauen |
| du braust | ihr braut | du brauest | ihr brauet | ||
| er braut | sie brauen | er braue | sie brauen | ||
| preterite | ich braute | wir brauten | ii | ich braute1 | wir brauten1 |
| du brautest | ihr brautet | du brautest1 | ihr brautet1 | ||
| er braute | sie brauten | er braute1 | sie brauten1 | ||
| imperative | brau (du) braue (du) |
braut (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
From Middle High German briuwen, from Old High German briuwan.
brauen (third-person singular present braut, past participle gebraut, auxiliary verb hunn)
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | brauen | |
| participle | gebraut | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | brauen | — |
| 2nd singular | braus | brau |
| 3rd singular | braut | — |
| 1st plural | brauen | — |
| 2nd plural | braut | braut |
| 3rd plural | brauen | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||