Breet
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See also: breet
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German breide, from Old High German *breidī, West Central German form of breitī, from Proto-West Germanic *braidī. Cognate with German Breite. The -t- in the plural after the suffix -t (as in Héicht). Compare similarly haart (“hard”) > haarden, but Häert (“hardness”) > Häerten.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Breet f (plural Breeten)
- breadth, width
- (geography) latitude
- Coordinate term: Längt
- (hence in the plural) region of the world
- an eise Breeten ― in our parts of the world, in western Europe
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