Brand

See also: brand, bränd, brænd, and Brånd

English

Mit Kind und Kegel, a sculpture in Brand, Aachen

Etymology

• As an English, Scottish, north German, Dutch, French, and North Germanic surname, from a Germanic personal name derived from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“sword, firebrand, torch”), as in the second element of Hildebrand.
• Also as a German surname, variant of Brandt.
• As a Swedish and Danish surname, from brand (“fire”).
• As a Jewish surname, from German Brand (“fire”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Brand (countable and uncountable, plural Brands)

1. A surname.
2. A municipality in Bludenz district, Vorarlberg, Austria.
3. A municipality in Tirschenreuth district, Bavaria, Germany.
4. A borough of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
5. A hamlet in Beekdaelen municipality, Limburg province, Netherlands.

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:

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

Proper noun

Brand n

1. a hamlet in Beekdaelen, Limburg, Netherlands
2. a hamlet in Maashorst, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German brant, from Old High German brant, from Proto-West Germanic *brand. Cognate with Bavarian Brånd and English brand.

The retention of /d/ in the combination /nd/ is a signature of northern High German dialects and only becomes widespread after a period in the Middle Ages where the southern reflex /nt/ is favoured in southern writings.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁant/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

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

1. fire, blaze (destructive occurrence)
   • 1872, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, “Das Kindlein in Mainz”, in Huttens letzte Tage‎^[1]:

     Dein Name sei gelobt! Hüt uns vor drei: / Vor Wassernot und Brand und Kriegsgeschrei!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. hell
3. distillation, brandy

   Synonym: Weinbrand

   Hyponyms: Weinbrand, Obstbrand

4. (uncountable, colloquial) strong thirst

   Ich habe einen Brand. ― I'm very thirsty.

   • 1938, Rudolf Rangow, Tropenpracht und Urwaldnacht, Braunschweig: Gustav Wenzel & Sohn, →OCLC, page 25:

     Die Flut stieg Zoll um Zoll, immer gewaltiger wurde unser Durst, es war ein Brand daraus geworden.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

5. (uncountable, phytopathology) smut (plant disease caused by fungi)

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.

Hyponyms

• Beulenbrand
• Buschbrand
• Feuerbrand
• Gefrierbrand
• Großbrand
• Hausbrand
• Kabelbrand
• Milzbrand
• Obstbrand
• Reichstagsbrand
• Schwelbrand
• Sonnenbrand
• Waldbrand
• Weinbrand
• Weltbrand
• Weltenbrand
• Wohnungsbrand
• Wundbrand
• Zimmerbrand

Derived terms

• brandaktuell
• Brandanschlag
• Brandbeschleuniger
• Brandbombe
• Brandflasche
• brandgefährlich
• Brandholz
• Brandmal
• Brandmelder
• Brandopfer
• Brandrede
• Brandrodung
• Brandschaden
• Brandschatz
• Brandschopf
• Brandstifter
• Brandstiftung
• Brandteig
• Brandursache
• Brandwache
• Brandzeichen

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English brand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁant/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): [bɹænt], [bɹænd] (approximating English pronunciation)

Noun

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

1. (marketing slang, otherwise unusual) brand

   Synonym: Marke

   • 2015 July 2, Daniele Muscionico, “Im Hinterhof mit Weitsicht”, in Die Zeit‎^[2]:

     Internationale Brands benutzen Schriftarten, deren Erfinder Laurenz Brunner heißt und in einem Szeneviertel der deutschen Hauptstadt jeder Mode trotzt.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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

Declension of Brand [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Brand	die	Brands
genitive	einer	der	Brand	der	Brands
dative	einer	der	Brand	den	Brands
accusative	eine	die	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^[3] (in German)
• “Brand” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Brand” in Duden online
• “Brand” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʀɑnt]
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

Brand m (plural Bränn)

1. fire

Synonyms

• Feier