Brigade

See also: brigade and brigáda

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French brigade, from Italian brigata. Application to industrial work groups was influenced by Russian брига́да (brigáda) (itself a borrowing of this term).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːdə

Noun

Brigade f (genitive Brigade, plural Brigaden)

1. (military) brigade, military unit
2. (East Germany) the smallest work-group in an industrial plant

Declension

Declension of Brigade [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Brigade	die	Brigaden
genitive	einer	der	Brigade	der	Brigaden
dative	einer	der	Brigade	den	Brigaden
accusative	eine	die	Brigade	die	Brigaden

Descendants

• → Russian: брига́да (brigáda)
  • → Armenian: բրիգադ (brigad)
  • → Georgian: ბრიგადა (brigada)
  • ⇒ Mongolian: ᠪᠷᠢᠭ᠋ᠠᠳ᠋ (briɣad), бригад (brigad)
  • → Yakut: биригээдэ (birigeede)

Further reading

• “Brigade” in Duden online
• “Brigade” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache