Brand

See also: brand, bränd, and brænd

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brænd/, [bɹænd]
• Homophone: brand
• Rhymes: -ænd

Proper noun

Brand (plural Brands)

1. A surname.

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Dutch

Etymology

• (Limburg) First attested as Op genne Brant in the 18th century. Derived from brand (“site of a fire, location where something has been burned”).
• (Noord-Brabant) First attested as den Brandt in 1750. Derived from brand (“fuel, turf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɑnt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Brand
• Rhymes: -ɑnt
• Homophones: brand, brandt, Brandt

Proper noun

Brand n

1. A hamlet in Beekdaelen, Limburg, Netherlands.
2. A hamlet in Maashorst, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

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German

Etymology 1

From Old High German brant, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz. Cognate with English brand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁant/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

Brand m (strong, genitive Brandes or Brands, plural Brände)

1. fire, blaze (destructive occurrence)
2. hell
3. distillation, brandy

   Synonym: Weinbrand

   Hyponyms: Weinbrand, Obstbrand

4. (colloquial) strong thirst

Declension

Declension of Brand [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Brand	die	Brände
genitive	eines	des	Brandes, Brands	der	Brände
dative	einem	dem	Brand, Brande1	den	Bränden
accusative	einen	den	Brand	die	Brände

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• brandaktuell
• Brandanschlag
• Brandbeschleuniger
• Brandbombe
• Brandflasche
• brandgefährlich
• Brandholz
• Brandmal
• Brandopfer
• Brandrodung
• Brandschatz
• Brandstiftung
• Brandzeichen
• Feuerbrand
• Gefrierbrand
• Sonnenbrand
• Waldbrand
• Weinbrand
• Weltbrand
• Weltenbrand
• Wundbrand

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English brand.

Noun

Brand f (genitive Brand, plural Branden) or
Brand n or m (strong, genitive Brands, plural Brands)

1. (marketing slang, otherwise unusual) brand

   Synonym: Marke

Declension

Declension of Brand [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Brand	die	Branden
genitive	einer	der	Brand	der	Branden
dative	einer	der	Brand	den	Branden
accusative	eine	die	Brand	die	Branden

Declension of Brand [neuter // masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das, der	Brand	die	Brands
genitive	eines	des	Brands	der	Brands
dative	einem	dem	Brand	den	Brands
accusative	ein, einen	das, den	Brand	die	Brands

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Brand n (proper noun, genitive Brands or (optionally with an article) Brand)

1. A municipality of Vorarlberg, Austria
2. A municipality of Bavaria, Germany

Declension

Declension of Brand [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Brand
genitive	des	Brands, Brand1
dative	dem	Brand
accusative	das	Brand

¹Optionally with an article.

Further reading

• “Brand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Brand” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Brand” in Duden online
• “Brand” in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German brant, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz. Cognate with German Brand, Dutch brand, English brand, West Frisian brân.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʀant/, [bʀɑnt]
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

Brand m (plural Bränn)

1. fire

Synonyms

• Feier