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Brücke

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German

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Eine Brücke

Etymology

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From Middle High German brucke, from Old High German brugga, brucca, from Proto-West Germanic *bruggju. The neurological sense pons is a semantic loan from Latin pōns.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbʁʏkə/
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  • Rhymes: -ʏkə
  • Hyphenation: Brü‧cke; pre-1996: Brük‧ke

Noun

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Brücke f (genitive Brücke, plural Brücken, diminutive Brückchen n)

  1. bridge
  2. (software, design) The bridge pattern
  3. pons (in the brain, "bridging" the brain stem with the rest of the brain)
    Synonym: Pons m

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