Brake

See also: brake

English

Proper noun

Brake (plural Brakes)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Brake is the 5591st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6220 individuals. Brake is most common among White (87.32%) individuals.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Brake in Wesermarsch: From Middle Low German Broak, from broak (“pond caused by a dam failure”), from the root of Old Saxon brekan (“to break”).

Brake in Eastern Westphalia and Lippe: From Middle Low German brak (“brackish, brack”, adjective).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʁaːkə/
  • Hyphenation: Bra‧ke

Proper noun

Brake n (proper noun, genitive Brakes or (optionally with an article) Brake)

  1. a town, the administrative seat of Wesermarsch district, Lower Saxony; official name: Brake (Unterweser)
  2. a neighbourhood and former municipality of Heepen district, Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  3. a neighbourhood and former municipality of Lemgo, Lippe district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Declension

Declension of Brake [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Brake
genitive des Brakes, Brake1
dative dem Brake
accusative das Brake

1Optionally with an article.

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