brenne

Central Franconian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German brennen, from Old High German brennen, from Proto-West Germanic *brannijan, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʀɛnə/

Verb

brenne

1. to burn

East Central German

Alternative forms

• brinne

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German brennen, from Old High German brennen, from Proto-West Germanic *brannijan, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną. Compare German brennen.

Verb

brenne

1. (Erzgebirgisch) to burn
2. (Erzgebirgisch) to drink, to booze

   Synonyms: brattrn, en namme gieh

Further reading

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 26:

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

brenne

1. inflection of brennen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Hunsrik

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German brennen, from Old High German brennen, from Proto-West Germanic *brannijan, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną.

Cognate with German brennen and Luxembourgish brennen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɛnə/
• Rhymes: -ɛnə
• Hyphenation: bren‧ne

Verb

brenne

1. (intransitive) to burn; to be on fire
2. (intransitive, with accusative object) to burn; to set on fire

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive	brenne
participle	gebrennd
auxiliary	hon
	present indicative	imperative
ich	brenne	—
du	brennst	brenn
er/sie/es	brennd	—
meer	brenne	—
deer	brennd	brennd
sie	brenne	—
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end.

Derived terms

verbs

• aanbrenne
• abbrenne
• ferbrenne

 

Middle English

Verb

brenne

1. Alternative form of bernen
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Manciples Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales (in Middle English), [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, folio xcix, recto, column 2:

     That for the tyraunt is of greater might / By force of meyne, to ſlee downe right / And brenne houſe & home, & make al playn, / Lo therfore is he called a capitayne / And for the outlawe hath but ſmal meyne / And maie not do ſo great an harm, as he / Ne brynge a countrey to ſo great miſchefe / Men callen him an outlawe or a thefe

     That because the tyrant is of greater might / By force of retinue, to slay downright / And burn house and home, and make all level / Lo therefore is he called a captain / And because the outlaw has but a small retinue / And may not do so great a harm as he [the tyrant] / Nor bring a country to so great mischief / Men call him an outlaw or a thief

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish brænde (“to burn”). The modern spelling is introduced through the influence from oral Norwegian.

Verb

brenne (imperative brenn, present tense brenner, passive brennes, simple past (intransitive) brant or (transitive) brente, past participle brent, present participle brennende)

1. (intransitive) to burn (be consumed by fire)
2. (transitive) to burn (something)
3. (reflexive, brenne seg) to burn oneself
4. (transitive) to roast (almonds, coffee)
5. (transitive) to distill (brandy etc.)

Derived terms

• brennesle
• brennpunkt
• brennstoff
• brennvidde
• brensel
• forbrenne
• solbrent
• svartbrent

 

References

• “brenne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “brenne” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

brenne (present tense brenn, past tense brann, past participle brunne, passive infinitive brennast, present participle brennande, imperative brenn)

1. Alternative form of brenna

Derived terms

• brennesle
• brennpunkt
• brennstoff
• brennvidd, brennvidde
• brensel

 

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German brennen, from Old High German brennen, from Proto-West Germanic *brannijan, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną. Compare German brennen, English burn.

Verb

brenne

1. to burn

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German bernen, from Old Saxon brennian.

Verb

brenne

1. to burn
2. to sting
3. to sear

Derived terms

• brennboa (adjective)
• Brennholt
• Brenniesa
• Brennkrüt