breet

See also: Breet

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• bräät (most dialects of Moselle Franconian)
• breit (Kölsch)

Etymology

From Old High German breid, northern variant of breit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʀeːt/

Adjective

breet (masculine breede, feminine and plural breet or breede, comparative breeder, superlative et breetste)

1. (Ripuarian, Eifel) broad, wide

East Central German

Alternative forms

• braat

Etymology

From Middle High German breit, from Old High German breit, from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz. Compare Luxembourgish breet.

Adjective

breet

1. (Erzgebirgisch) broad, wide

   S loch viel Schnee, net huch aber breet.

   There was a lot of snow, not high but wide.

Further reading

• https://www.erzgebirgisch.de/b.breet_1.wort

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German breit, from Old High German breid, northern variant of breit, from Proto-West Germanic *braid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʀeːt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eːt
• Homophone: Breet

Adjective

breet (masculine breeden, neuter breet, comparative méi breet, superlative am breetsten)

1. broad, wide

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• Breet

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *brēd, from Proto-West Germanic *braid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /breːt/

Adjective

brêet (comparative brêder)

1. broad, wide

Inflection

Adjective

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	indefinite	brêet	brêde	brêet	brêde
	definite	brêde		brêde
accusative	indefinite	brêden	brêde	brêet	brêde
	definite			brêde
genitive	indefinite	brêets	brêder	brêets	brêder
	definite	brêets, brêden		brêets, brêden
dative		brêden	brêder	brêden	brêden

Alternative forms

• breit (Limburgish)

Descendants

• Dutch: breed
  • Afrikaans: breed
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: brete
  • Negerhollands: breed
  • → Caribbean Javanese: bradi (via Sranan Tongo)
  • → West Frisian: breed
• Limburgish: breid
• Zealandic: breêd

Further reading

• “breet”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “breet”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German breit, from Old High German breit, from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz.

Compare German breit, Dutch breed, English broad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /breːt/

Adjective

breet

1. broad, wide

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German *brêd, from Old Saxon brēd.

Adjective

breet (comparative breeda, superlative aum breetsten)

1. broad