"Brake" meaning in German

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈbʁaːkə/ Forms: Brakes [genitive], Brake [genitive, with-article]
Etymology: From Middle Low German Broak, from broak (“pond caused by a dam failure”), from the root of Old Saxon brekan (“to break”). Etymology templates: {{root|de|ine-pro|*bʰreg-}}, {{der|de|gml|Broak}} Middle Low German Broak, {{der|de|osx|brekan|t=to break}} Old Saxon brekan (“to break”) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|toponym}} 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) Tags: neuter, proper-noun Categories (place): Places in Germany, Places in Lower Saxony, Towns in Germany, Towns in Lower Saxony
    Sense id: en-Brake-de-name-zB4mNL9H Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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