breit
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛi̯t
Verb
breit
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁaɪ̯t/
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Adjective
breit (strong nominative masculine singular breiter, comparative breiter, superlative am breitesten)
- broad, wide
- (figuratively) wide
- Die Universität bietet ein breites Spektrum von Fächern an.
- The university offers a wide variety of subjects.
- (colloquial) drunk or high on marijuana; stoned
- Antonym: nüchtern
- Du bist ziemlich breit. ― You're pretty stoned.
- 1995, “Tut mir leid”, in Männer können seine Gefühle nicht zeigen, performed by Fischmob:
- Meine Wenigkeit ist immer noch ein wenig breit / Und denk' mir "Wird es nicht allmählich Zeit / Umzudenken, meine Gedanken nach vorne zu lenken / Mir und meiner Umwelt reinen Wein einzuschenken?"
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Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
Related terms
- Breite
- Breitengrad
- Breitenwirkung
- Breitlauch
- Breitbildschirm
- Breitbildformat
- Breitwandformat
Norwegian Bokmål
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *braid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /breit/
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
References
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer
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