Bronze

See also: bronze and bronzé

English

Proper noun

Bronze (plural Bronzes)

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• bonzer

German

Etymology

16th century as Bronzo, Brunzo, directly from Italian bronzo. Since the 18th century adapted to French bronze, itself from the Italian. Further origin uncertain; see the Italian lemma for more. The unusual pronunciation /s/ for ‹z› perhaps developed as a compromise between French /z/ and German /ts/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔ̃sə/, [ˈbʁɔ̃ː.sə], [ˈbʁɔŋ.sə]

  • Audio

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔntsə/ (archaic to obsolete)

Noun

Bronze f (genitive Bronze, plural Bronzen)

1. bronze
   • 1995, “Bronze, Silber und Gold”, performed by Wolfgang Petry:

     Bronze, Silber und Gold hab ich nie gewollt.
     Ich will nur dich, nur dich allein.

     Bronze, silver and gold I’ve never wanted.
     I just want you, just you alone.

Declension

Declension of Bronze [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bronze	die	Bronzen
genitive	einer	der	Bronze	der	Bronzen
dative	einer	der	Bronze	den	Bronzen
accusative	eine	die	Bronze	die	Bronzen

Derived terms

• bronzefarben
• bronzefarbig
• Bronzefigur
• bronzen
• Bronzeskulptur
• Bronzemedaille
• Bronzezeit

Descendants

• → Saterland Frisian: Bronse

See also

• ehern
• Erz
• Metall

Symbol	Pt	Au	Ag	Fe	Al	Sn	Cu
metal	Platin	Gold	Silber	Eisen	Aluminium	Zinn	Kupfer

Further reading

• “Bronze” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bronze” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Bronze” in Duden online
• Bronze on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de