Brüderschaft
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See also: Bruderschaft
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Brüder (“brothers”) + -schaft (“-hood”).
Noun[edit]
Brüderschaft f (genitive Brüderschaft, plural Brüderschaften)
- brotherhood (the state of being brothers or considering each other as brethren)
- (less common) Alternative form of Bruderschaft (“fraternity”)
- A drink, usually alcoholic, shared (usually between men) to seal a friendship and mark the change from the use of the plural Sie second-person pronoun to the familiar du pronoun
Declension[edit]
Declension of Brüderschaft [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Brüderschaft | die | Brüderschaften |
| genitive | einer | der | Brüderschaft | der | Brüderschaften |
| dative | einer | der | Brüderschaft | den | Brüderschaften |
| accusative | eine | die | Brüderschaft | die | Brüderschaften |
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Brüderschaft” in Duden online