brechen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German brechen, from Old High German brehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.

Akin to Old Saxon brekan, Dutch breken (to break), English break.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʁɛçən/,
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Verb

brechen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present bricht, past tense brach, past participle gebrochen, past subjunctive bräche, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive) to break
  2. (transitive, physics) to refract
  3. (transitive or intransitive) to vomit
  4. (transitive) to fold
  5. (intransitive) to become broken; to break; to fracture

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