bréien

See also: breien and Breien

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Formally from Middle High German brüejen (“to scald”), from Proto-Germanic *brōaną. Cognate with German brühen, Dutch broeien.

The sense “to brood” is originally that of related Middle High German brüeten, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną. Cognate with German brüten, Dutch broeden, English breed. It is attested locally as bréiden, brigden; the general Luxembourgish form should be *bridden. Semantic interaction between both Germanic verbs is also attested in Dutch and Low German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʀəɪ̯ən]
• Rhymes: -ɜɪən

Verb

bréien (third-person singular present bréit, past participle gebréit, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive or intransitive, of birds) to brood, incubate, hatch; may by extension include the entire breeding process until fledging

   D’Hénger bréien hir Eeër. ― The hens are brooding their eggs.

   Eng Dauwekoppel bréit dëst Joer an eisem Käschtebam.

   A pair of pigeons is brooding/breeding in our chestnut tree this year.

2. (transitive, butchery) to scald (a slaughtered pig to facilitate the removal of the bristles)

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive	bréien
participle	gebréit
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	bréien	—
2nd singular	bréis	bréi
3rd singular	bréit	—
1st plural	bréien	—
2nd plural	bréit	bréit
3rd plural	bréien	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.