Brot

See also: brot, broť, brót, bröt, brøt, and Brot.

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Brut (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German brōt, from Old High German brōt, from Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-.

Noun

Brot n (southern Moselle Franconian)

1. bread
2. loaf of bread

Descendants

• Hunsrik: Brod
• Luxembourgish: Brout

German

Zwei Brote — Two loaves of bread (2)

Mehrere Scheiben Roggenbrot — Several slices of rye bread (1)

Alternative forms

• Brod (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German brōt, from Old High German brōt (attested since the 8th century), from Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrew- (“to seethe, to boil”).

Originally, the meaning of Brot was "what has been fermented, leaven" and may be a nominal derivative from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną (“to brew”) (whence German brauen). It replaced the older Laib (“loaf”) which was the more common term in Old High German (compare the use of hlāf and brēad in Old English).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁoːt/

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• Rhymes: -oːt
• Hyphenation: Brot
• Homophone: Brod

Noun

Brot n (strong, genitive Brotes or Brots, plural Brote, diminutive Brötchen n)

1. (usually uncountable) bread
2. (countable) loaf of bread
3. (countable) slice of bread; sandwich
4. (uncountable, figurative) livelihood, subsistence

Declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Brot	die	Brote
genitive	eines	des	Brotes, Brots	der	Brote
dative	einem	dem	Brot, Brote1	den	Broten
accusative	ein	das	Brot	die	Brote

Declension of Brot [neuter, strong]

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

(bread: Hyponyms derived of Brot):

• Bauernbrot
• Butterbrot
• Diabetikerbrot
• Dinkelbrot
• Dosenbrot
• Dreikornbrot
• Fettbrot
• Fladenbrot
• Fruchtbrot
• Früchtebrot
• Frühbrot
• Fünfkornbrot
• Gemüsebrot
• Graubrot
• Grobbrot
• Hefebrot
• Johannisbrot
• Kartoffelbrot
• Kastenweißbrot
• Knäckebrot
• Knoblauchbrot
• Kommissbrot
• Korn-an-Korn-Brot
• Körnerbrot
• Krustenbrot
• Kuchenbrot
• Kümmelbrot
• Landbrot
• Malzbrot
• Marzipanbrot
• Mehrkornbrot
• Milchbrot
• Mischbrot
• Nussbrot
• Osterbrot
• Passahbrot
• Roggenbrot
• Rosinenbrot
• Rundbrot
• Russischbrot
• Saatenbrot
• Schnittbrot
• Schüttelbrot
• Schwarzbrot
• Sechskornbrot
• Semmelbrot
• Sesambrot
• Sojabrot
• Sonnenblumenkernbrot
• Spezialbrot
• Stangenbrot
• Stangenweißbrot
• Steinofenbrot
• Toastbrot
• Toskanabrot
• Türkenbrot
• Vierkornbrot
• Vollkornbrot
• Vollkorntoastbrot
• Weißbrot
• Weizenbrot
• Zuckerbrot
• Zweikornbrot
• Zwiebelbrot

(Other hyponyms of Brot):

• Ahau
• Baguette
• Brioche
• Chäppi
• Ciabatta
• Einback
• Filinchen
• Gupf
• Kanten
• Kastenweizen
• Kipf
• Klöben
• Knäppchen
• Knäusel
• Knust
• Krüstchen
• Matze
• Matzen
• Mürgu
• Pumpernickel
• Ranft
• Riebele
• Scheibe
• Scherz
• Scherzl
• Schnitte
• Stück
• Zwieback

(slice of bread: Hyponyms derived of Brot):

• Frühstücksbrot
• Honigbrot
• Jausenbrot
• Käsebrot
• Margarinebrot
• Marmeladenbrot
• Pausenbrot
• Schinkenbrot
• Schmalzbrot
• Schulbrot
• Vesperbrot
• Wurstbrot

• (livelihood): Gnadenbrot

Derived terms

• Abendbrot
• Affenbrot
• Affenbrotbaum
• Brotanschnitt
• Brotaufschnitt
• Brotaufstrich
• Brotbackautomat
• Brotbackmischung
• Brotbelag
• Brotbeutel
• Brötchen
• Broteinheit
• Brotfabrik
• Brotfrucht
• Brotgeber
• Brotgetreide
• Brotherr
• Brotherstellung
• Brotkammer
• Brotkanten
• Brotkasten
• Brotkorb
• Brotkrume
• Brotkrümel
• Brotkruste
• Brotlaib
• Brotmarke
• Brotmaschine
• Brotmesser
• Brotpreis
• Brotrezept
• Brotrinde
• Brotscheibe
• Brotschneidemaschine
• Brotschnitte
• Brotstück
• Brotstulle
• Brotsuppe
• Brotteig
• Brottoaster
• Brotzeit
• Butterbrot
• dumm wie Brot
• Gebröte
• Gnadenbrot
• Käsebrot
• Komissbrot
• Mischbrot
• Mittagsbrot
• Roggenbrot
• Vollkornbrot
• Weizenbrot
• Zuckerbrot

(livelihood):

• Brotbitte
• Broterwerb
• brotlos
• Brotneid
• Brotstudium
• Brotverdiener
• Zubrot

Related terms

• brauen
• (livelihood): (unser) täglich Brot
• Zuckerbrot und Peitsche

See also

• Laib m
• Scheibe f
• belegen

References

1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Brot”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

• “Brot” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Brot” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Brot” in Duden online
• Brot on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Brot” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

German Low German

Noun

Brot n

1. (Mecklenburgisch, Low Prussian, Schleswig-Holsteinisch) Alternative form of Broot (“bread”)
   • 2012, Silke Frakstein, Kannst keen Platt fehlt di wat, published by epubli GmbH in Berlin, inside the story "Hasenbrot????? Wat is dat denn ?"

     Hest Du vergeten, wat wi in de letzten Johren för'n Hunger harrn un wat Brot weert weer?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1859, Fritz Reuter, Läuschen un Rimels. Plattdeutsche Gedichte heiteren Inhalts in mecklenburgisch-vorpommerscher Mundart, 4th edition, published in Dresden by Max Fischer's Verlagsbuchhandlung, p. 118

     Wo is hir Botter up dat Brot?

     Note: In the 1st edition published by the author himself in Treptow an der Tollense in 1853 it's thus: "Doa is abs'lutemang doch goa / Kein Spierken Botte up dat Brodt." In the 6th edition published by the Hinstorff'sche Hofbuchhandlung in Wismar and Ludwigslust in 1864, it's "Wo is hir Botter up dat Brod?"

Derived terms

• Obendbrot, Awendbrot
• Botterbrot
• Brotke (Low Prussian)
• Brotmest
• Tobrot (Low Prussian)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German brāto, from Proto-Germanic *brēdô. Cognate with German Braten, Dutch braad, Icelandic bráð.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʀoːt/

Noun

Brot m (plural Broten)

1. joint, roast (of meat)

Related terms

• broden

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German brōt. Compare German Brot, Dutch brood, English bread.

Noun

Brot n

1. bread