Brecheisen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Brecheisen.

Proper noun

Brecheisen (plural Brecheisens)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brecheisen is the 38439^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 576 individuals. Brecheisen is most common among White (96.18%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brecheisen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 220.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʁɛçˌʔaɪ̯zn̩/, /ˈbʁɛçˌʔaɪ̯zən/

• Audio:

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Noun

Brecheisen n (strong, genitive Brecheisens, plural Brecheisen)

1. crowbar

   Synonyms: Brechstange, Hebeeisen, Kuhfuß

Declension

Declension of Brecheisen [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Brecheisen	die	Brecheisen
genitive	eines	des	Brecheisens	der	Brecheisen
dative	einem	dem	Brecheisen	den	Brecheisen
accusative	ein	das	Brecheisen	die	Brecheisen

Descendants

• Polish: brecha

Further reading

• “Brecheisen” in Duden online