Brecht

See also: brecht and brécht

Dutch

Etymology

From a common name element meaning "bright," from Proto-West Germanic *berht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɛxt/

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• Hyphenation: Brecht

Proper noun

Brecht m

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Albrecht

German

Etymology

From a common Germanic surname element meaning "bright," from Proto-West Germanic *berht.

Proper noun

Brecht m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Brechts or (with an article) Brecht, feminine genitive Brecht, plural Brechts)

1. a surname

Further reading

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