Bruch

See also: bruch, bŕuch, and břuch

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bruch.

Proper noun

Bruch

1. A surname from German.

Derived terms

• Bruch's membrane

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German bruch, from Old High German bruh, from Proto-West Germanic *bruki. Cognate with English breach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁʊx/

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• Rhymes: -ʊx

Noun

Bruch m (strong, genitive Bruches or Bruchs, plural Brüche)

1. break, breaking, breach, fracture, rupture
2. (mathematics) fraction
3. (medicine) fracture (of a bone)

   Synonyms: Knochenbruch, (medical parlance) Fraktur

4. (medicine) hernia

   sich einen Bruch heben ― to get a hernia from heavy lifting

   Synonyms: Leistenbruch, Eingeweidebruch, (medical parlance) Hernie

   1. (figuratively) (to) excess, very much

      sich einen Bruch lachen ― to split one's sides (literally, “to laugh oneself a hernia”)

5. (slang) ellipsis of Einbruch (“break-in”)

Declension

Declension of Bruch [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bruch	die	Brüche
genitive	eines	des	Bruches, Bruchs	der	Brüche
dative	einem	dem	Bruch, Bruche1	den	Brüchen
accusative	einen	den	Bruch	die	Brüche

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Abbruch
• Anbruch
• Aufbruch
• Ausbruch
• Bruchbude
• Bruchfläche
• brüchig
• Bruchkäse
• Bruchkuchen
• Bruchlandung
• Bruchrechnung
• Bruchstein
• Bruchstrich
• Bruchstück
• Bruchteil
• Bruchzahl
• Durchbruch
• Ehebruch
• Einbruch
• Hausfriedensbruch
• Kettenbruch
• Knochenbruch
• Kreislaufzusammenbruch
• Rechtsbruch
• Schiffbruch
• Sollbruchstelle
• Steinbruch
• Umbruch
• Wegbruch
• Wolkenbruch
• zu Bruch gehen
• Zusammenbruch

Etymology 2

From Middle High German bruoch, from Old High German bruoh, from Proto-West Germanic *brōk n. Cognate with English brook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁuːx/ (properly)
• IPA^(key): /bʁʊx/ (now commonly, after etymology 1)
• Rhymes: -uːx, -ʊx

Noun

Bruch m or n (strong, genitive Bruches or Bruchs, plural (masculine) Brüche or (neuter) Brücher)

1. (now chiefly in placenames) swamp; wet, swampy land with trees and bushes, which if drained becomes suitable for grazing animals on

Declension

Declension of Bruch [masculine // neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Bruch	die	Brüche, Brücher
genitive	eines	des	Bruches, Bruchs	der	Brüche, Brücher
dative	einem	dem	Bruch, Bruche1	den	Brüchen, Brüchern
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Bruch	die	Brüche, Brücher

¹Now rare, see notes.

Alternative forms

• -broich (in Rhenish placenames)

Derived terms

• Oderbruch n

Etymology 3

From Middle High German bruoch, from Old High German bruoh, from Proto-West Germanic *brōk f. Cognate with English breech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁuːx/
• Rhymes: -uːx

Noun

Bruch f (genitive Bruch, plural Bruchen or Brüche)

1. (obsolete) pair of hose, leggings, pants, trousers [usual until ca. 1700]

   Synonyms: Hose, Strumpfhose, Unterhose

Declension

Declension of Bruch [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bruch	die	Bruchen, Brüche
genitive	einer	der	Bruch	der	Bruchen, Brüche
dative	einer	der	Bruch	den	Bruchen, Brüchen
accusative	eine	die	Bruch	die	Bruchen, Brüche

Further reading

• “Bruch” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Bruch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bruch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Bruch” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprux/
• Rhymes: -ux
• Syllabification: Bruch

Noun

Bruch m (plural Brich)

1. breach
2. hernia

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Bruch”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Luxembourgish

Proper noun

Bruch

1. a small town in central Luxembourg

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Bruch, Dutch breuk, English breach.

Noun

Bruch m (plural Brich)

1. quarry
2. breach
3. hernia

Plautdietsch

Noun

Bruch m

1. rupture
2. hiatus
3. hernia