bruun
See also: Bruun
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German brūn, from Old High German brūn, from Proto-West Germanic *brūn.
Adjective
bruun (comparative bruuner, superlative bruunschte)
Dutch Low Saxon
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Low German brûn, from Old Saxon brūn, from Proto-West Germanic *brūn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɾuːn/
Adjective
bruun
- (in several dialects, including Stellingwerfs and Sallands) brown
German Low German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Low German brûn, from Old Saxon brūn, from Proto-West Germanic *brūn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɾuːn/
Adjective
bruun
- (in several dialects) brown
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *brūn, from Proto-West Germanic *brūn.
Adjective
bruun
Inflection
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| nominative | indefinite | bruun | brune | bruun | brune |
| definite | brune | brune | |||
| accusative | indefinite | brunen | brune | bruun | brune |
| definite | brune | ||||
| genitive | indefinite | bruuns | bruunre | bruuns | bruunre |
| definite | bruuns, brunen | bruuns, brunen | |||
| dative | brunen | bruunre | brunen | brunen | |
Descendants
Noun
bruun m
- A bear character in the story of Reynard the fox.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “bruun”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bruun”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
West Flemish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bruun, from Old Dutch *brūn, from Proto-West Germanic *brūn.
Adjective
bruun (comparative bruunder, superlative bruunst)