breiten

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʁaɪ̯tən/,
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  • Hyphenation: brei‧ten

Etymology 1

breit (broad) +‎ -en.

Verb

breiten (weak, third-person singular present breitet, past tense breitete, past participle gebreitet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to spread
    Synonym: ausbreiten
    eine Decke über das Bett breitento spread a cover on the bed
    die Arme breitento spread one's arms
  2. (reflexive) to extend, to stretch
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Etymology 2

From breit (broad).

Adjective

breiten

  1. inflection of breit:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

  • breiten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • breiten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • breiten” in Duden online
  • breiten” in OpenThesaurus.de

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