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brein

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch brein, next to the more common bragen, bregen, from Old Dutch *bragan, *bregin, from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic *bragną.

Cognate with West Frisian brein, Low German Bregen, Brägen, English brain.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /brɛi̯n/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: brein
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯n

Noun

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brein n (plural breinen, diminutive breintje n)

  1. brain
  2. mastermind

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Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish brú, broinn (abdomen, belly; bowels, entrails; womb).

Noun

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brein f (genitive singular breinney)

  1. (anatomy) (human) uterus, womb, matrix

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Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
brein vrein mrein
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Torres Strait Creole

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Etymology

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From English brain.

Noun

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brein

  1. brain

Volapük

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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brein (nominative plural breins)

  1. brain

Declension

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West Frisian

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Etymology 1

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From Old Frisian brein, from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic *bragną.

Noun

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brein n (plural breinen)

  1. brain
  2. (figuratively) mind, intellect
Further reading
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  • brein (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

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Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brīnijaz, *brīnaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mriHnós, from *móri.

Noun

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brein n (no plural)

  1. brine; solution for pickling
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Further reading
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  • brein (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011