Principal Forms
| Present, Sg.3 | bruucht |
| Past Participle | bruucht; gbruucht; pruucht |
Auxiliary
haa
Alternative Forms
Etymology
From Middle High German brūchen, from Old High German brūhhan, from Proto-West Germanic *brūkan (“use, employ, consume”). Cognate to German brauchen, English brook and Dutch bruiken. Compare modern German gebrauchen (“use”) and Dutch gebruiken (“use”). See: Middle High German '
brūchen', Old High German 'brūhhan', German, old spelling '
brauchen', English '
brook', Dutch '
bruiken', German, old spelling '
gebrauchen', Dutch '
gebruiken'.
Sample Sentences
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1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript) (So, the type of people we could use, would you say?)