Brod

See also: brod, brød, bröd, bród, and brôd

East Franconian

Alternative forms

• Bruad (Itzgründisch)

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German brōt, from Proto-West Germanic *braud.

Noun

Brod

1. bread

German

Noun

Brod n (strong, genitive Brodes or Brods, plural Brode, diminutive Brödchen n)

1. (obsolete outside dialects) Alternative spelling of Brot
   • 1867, Karl Marx, Das Kapital […] , I: Der Produktionsprocess des Kapitals, Hamburg: Otto Meissner:

     Ein Unterverkäufer, der sein Brod unter dem mit dem Mehlpreis wechselnden Kostpreis verkauft, hält sich schadlos, indem er mehr Arbeit aus seinen Leuten herausschlägt.

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Usage notes

Already considered unhochdeutsch (“un-High German”) in the 19th c. and replaced by Brot as the dominant spelling at the turn of the century.

German Low German

Noun

Brod n

1. (Mecklenburgisch, Low Prussian, Schleswig-Holsteinisch) Alternative spelling of Brot (“bread”)

Hunsrik

Brod

Alternative forms

• proot (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

From Central Franconian Brot, 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-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈproːt/
• Rhymes: -oːt
• Syllabification: Brod

Noun

Brod n (plural Brod)

1. bread

   Ich backe Brod.

   I bake bread.

Related terms

• Brodmesser
• Euerbrod
• Miljebrod
• Schwarzbrod
• Wasserbrod
• Weisbrod
• Weizebrod
• Zuckerbrod