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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German brust, from Old High German brust, from Proto-West Germanic *brust, from Proto-Germanic *brusts.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /bʁʊst/
Audio (Germany): (file) Audio (Berlin): (file) Audio (Austria): (file) - Hyphenation: Brust
- Rhymes: -ʊst
Noun
[edit]Brust f (genitive Brust, plural Brüste, diminutive Brüstchen n)
- chest
- Die Kugel traf ihn mitten in die Brust.
- The bullet hit him right in the chest.
- breast (of a woman); side of the chest (of a man)
- Schon seit der Pubertät ist meine rechte Brust größer als die linke.
- Ever since puberty my right breast is bigger than the left one.
- Weil ich ungleichmäßig trainiert habe, ist meine rechte Brust größer als die linke.
- Because I worked out unevenly, the right side of my chest is bigger than the left side.
- (figurative) bosom (seat of thoughts and feelings)
- Bitterer Hass erfüllte seine Brust.
- Bitter hatred pervaded his bosom.
Usage notes
[edit]- While the singular is perfectly neutral with regard to natural gender, the plural Brüste is roughly equivalent to English breasts and is now rarely used to refer to (human) males.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Brust [feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Brust” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Brust” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Brust (Schwimmen)” in Duden online
- “Brust (Körperteil, Organ)” in Duden online
- Brust on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Brust” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Hunsrik
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German and Old High German brust.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Brust f (nominative plural Brist)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Brust
Further reading
[edit]- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Brust”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 29
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