"Brief" meaning in German

See Brief in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbʁiːf/ Audio: De-Brief.ogg [Germany], De-at-Brief.ogg [Austria]
Rhymes: -iːf Etymology: From Middle High German brief, from Old High German briaf, which is borrowed from Latin breve, a neuter form of brevis (“short”). Cognates include Middle Dutch brief, Dutch brief, Old Norse bréf, Old Saxon brēf (all of them borrowed from Latin) and English brief. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|brief}} Middle High German brief, {{inh|de|goh|briaf}} Old High German briaf, {{der|de|la|breve}} Latin breve, {{m|la|brevis||short}} brevis (“short”), {{cog|dum|brief}} Middle Dutch brief, {{cog|nl|brief}} Dutch brief, {{cog|non|bréf}} Old Norse bréf, {{cog|osx|brēf}} Old Saxon brēf, {{cog|en|brief}} English brief Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s|dim=chen}} Brief m (strong, genitive Briefes or Briefs, plural Briefe, diminutive Briefchen n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s}} Forms: Briefes [genitive], Briefs [genitive], Briefe [plural], Briefchen [diminutive, neuter], strong [table-tags], Brief [nominative, singular], Briefe [definite, nominative, plural], Briefes [genitive, singular], Briefs [genitive, singular], Briefe [definite, genitive, plural], Brief [dative, singular], Briefe [dative, singular], Briefen [dative, definite, plural], Brief [accusative, singular], Briefe [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. letter (written message) Wikipedia link: Elmar Seebold, Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Post Derived forms: Briefbeschwerer [masculine], Briefkopf [masculine], brieflich, Briefmarke, Brieftasche, Briefträger, Briefumschlag, Pfarrbrief
    Sense id: en-Brief-de-noun-JbLk0dW0 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 11 24 Hyponyms: Abschiedsbrief [masculine], Blauer Brief, Brandbrief, Eilbrief, Liebesbrief, Luftbrief, offener Brief, Pfandbrief, Rückscheinbrief, Rundbrief, Schnellbrief, Schuldbrief, Trauerbrief

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Brief meaning in German (4.6kB)

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