Brust
See also: brust
German
Etymology
From Middle High German brust, from Old High German brust, from Proto-West Germanic *brust, from Proto-Germanic *brusts, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell, blow, inflate”). Compare Dutch borst, English breast, Danish bryst, Swedish bröst.
Pronunciation
Noun
Brust f (genitive Brust, plural Brüste, diminutive Brüstchen n)
Usage notes
- While the singular of the German word 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
Derived terms
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
Brust f (plural Brist)
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