Borrowed fromGermanBruch.
Bruch
- Asurname from German.
FromMiddle High Germanbruch, fromOld High Germanbruh, fromProto-West Germanic*bruki. Cognate withEnglishbreach.
Bruch m (strong,genitiveBruchesorBruchs,pluralBrüche)
- break,breaking,breach,fracture,rupture
- (mathematics)fraction
- (medicine)fracture (of a bone)
- Synonyms:Knochenbruch,(medical parlance)Fraktur
- (medicine)hernia
- sich einenBruch heben ―to get ahernia from heavy lifting
- Synonyms:Leistenbruch,Eingeweidebruch,(medical parlance)Hernie
- (figuratively) (to)excess, very much
- sich einenBruch lachen ―tosplit one's sides (literally, “to laugh oneself a hernia”)
- (slang)ellipsis ofEinbruch(“break-in”)
Declension ofBruch [masculine, strong]
FromMiddle High Germanbruoch, fromOld High Germanbruoh, fromProto-West Germanic*brōk n. Cognate withEnglishbrook.
Bruch m orn (strong,genitiveBruchesorBruchs,plural(masculine)Brücheor(neuter)Brücher)
- (now chiefly in placenames)swamp; wet,swampy land with trees and bushes, which if drained becomes suitable for grazing animals on
Declension ofBruch [masculine // neuter, strong]
FromMiddle High Germanbruoch, fromOld High Germanbruoh, fromProto-West Germanic*brōk f. Cognate withEnglishbreech.
Bruch f (genitiveBruch,pluralBruchenorBrüche)
- (obsolete) pair ofhose,leggings,pants,trousers[usual until ca. 1700]
- Synonyms:Hose,Strumpfhose,Unterhose
Declension ofBruch [feminine]
- IPA(key): /ˈprux/
- Rhymes:-ux
- Syllabification:Bruch
Bruch m (pluralBrich)
- breach
- hernia
- Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Bruch”, inDicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti:Riograndenser Hunsrickisch
Bruch
- a smalltown in centralLuxembourg
Pennsylvania German
[edit]CompareGermanBruch,Dutchbreuk,Englishbreach.
Bruch m (pluralBrich)
- quarry
- breach
- hernia
Bruch m
- rupture
- hiatus
- hernia