brenne

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word brenne. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word brenne, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say brenne in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word brenne you have here. The definition of the word brenne will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofbrenne, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Central Franconian

Pronunciation

Verb

brenne

  1. to burn

East Central German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare German brennen.

Verb

brenne

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) to burn
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) to drink, to booze
    Synonyms: brattrn, en namme gieh

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 26:

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Verb

brenne

  1. inflection of brennen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Hunsrik

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German brennen, from Old High German brennen, from Proto-West Germanic *brannijan, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną.[1]

Cognate with German brennen and Luxembourgish brennen

Pronunciation

Verb

brenne

  1. (intransitive) to burn; to be on fire
  2. (intransitive, with accusative object) to burn; to set on fire

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive brenne
participle gebrennd
auxiliary hon
present
indicative
imperative
ich brenne
du brennst brenn
er/sie/es brennd
meer brenne
deer brennd brennd
sie brenne
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end.

Derived terms

verbs

References

  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “brenne”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 28

Middle English

Verb

brenne

  1. Alternative form of bernen
    • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Manciples Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales (in Middle English), , →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, , : [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes , 1542, →OCLC, folio xcix, recto, column 2:
      That for the tyraunt is of greater might / By force of meyne, to ſlee downe right / And brenne houſe & home, & make al playn, / Lo therfore is he called a capitayne / And for the outlawe hath but ſmal meyne / And maie not do ſo great an harm, as he / Ne brynge a countrey to ſo great miſchefe / Men callen him an outlawe or a thefe
      That because the tyrant is of greater might / By force of retinue, to slay downright / And burn house and home, and make all level / Lo therefore is he called a captain / And because the outlaw has but a small retinue / And may not do so great a harm as he / Nor bring a country to so great mischief / Men call him an outlaw or a thief
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish brænde (to burn). The modern spelling is introduced through the influence from oral Norwegian.

Verb

brenne (imperative brenn, present tense brenner, passive brennes, simple past (intransitive) brant or (transitive) brente, past participle brent, present participle brennende)

  1. (intransitive) to burn (be consumed by fire)
  2. (transitive) to burn (something)
  3. (reflexive, brenne seg) to burn oneself
  4. (transitive) to roast (almonds, coffee)
  5. (transitive) to distill (brandy etc.)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

brenne (present tense brenn, past tense brann, past participle brunne, passive infinitive brennast, present participle brennande, imperative brenn)

  1. Alternative form of brenna

Derived terms

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German brennen, English burn.

Verb

brenne

  1. to burn

Plautdietsch

Verb

brenne

  1. to burn
  2. to sting
  3. to sear

Derived terms