Brügge

German

Etymology

Low German form of Brücke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrʏɡən]
• Hyphenation: Brüg‧ge

Proper noun

Brügge n (proper noun, genitive Brügges or (optionally with an article) Brügge)

1. Bruges (the capital city of West Flanders, Belgium)
2. A municipality of Rendsburg-Eckernförde district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
3. Any of various smaller places across Northern Germany

Declension

Declension of Brügge [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Brügge
genitive	des	Brügges, Brügge1
dative	dem	Brügge
accusative	das	Brügge

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Brügger
  • Brüggerin

Related terms

• Brüggen
• Coppenbrügge, Nienbrügge, Oberbrügge, Ossenbrügge, Seebrügge

Proper noun

Brügge m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Brügges or (with an article) Brügge, feminine genitive Brügge, plural Brügges or Brügge)

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Brügge [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Brügge	(eine)	(die)	Brügge	(die)	Brügges, Brügge
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Brügges, Brügge1	(einer)	(der)	Brügge	(der)	Brügges, Brügge
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Brügge	(einer)	(der)	Brügge	(den)	Brügges, Brügge
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Brügge	(eine)	(die)	Brügge	(die)	Brügges, Brügge

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Brüggen, Aldenbrüggen, Velbrüggen
• Delbrügge, Ossenbrügge

Further reading

• “Brügge” in Duden online
• “Brügge”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–