Brand – German noun declension

German noun forms of Brand

Noun: Brand
Gender: Masculine, Neuter
Hyphenation: uncountable

Nominative

Indefinite

Singularein Brand
Plural Brände; Brands

Definite

Singularder; das Brand
Pluraldie Brände; Brands

Genitive

Indefinite

Singulareines Brandes; Brands; Brand
Plural Brände; Brands

Definite

Singulardes Brandes; Brands; Brand
Pluralder Brände; Brands

Dative

Indefinite

Singulareinem Brand; Brande
Plural Bränden; Brands

Definite

Singulardem Brand; Brande
Pluralden Bränden; Brands

Accusative

Indefinite

Singulareinen; ein Brand
Plural Brände; Brands

Definite

Singularden; das Brand
Pluraldie Brände; Brands

Sample Sentences

  • Dein Name sei gelobt! Hüt uns vor drei: / Vor Wassernot und Brand und Kriegsgeschrei! [1872, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, “Das Kindlein in Mainz”, in Huttens letzte Tage:]
  • Ich habe einen Brand. (I'm very thirsty.)
  • Die Flut stieg Zoll um Zoll, immer gewaltiger wurde unser Durst, es war ein Brand daraus geworden. [1938, Rudolf Rangow, Tropenpracht und Urwaldnacht, Braunschweig: Gustav Wenzel & Sohn, →OCLC, page 25:]

Nouns inflected like Brand

Brand,

Etymology

1. From Middle High German brant, from Old High German brant, from Proto-West Germanic *brand. Cognate with Bavarian Brånd and English brand.
2. The retention of /d/ in the combination /nd/ is a signature of northern High German dialects and only becomes widespread after a period in the Middle Ages where the southern reflex /nt/ is favoured in southern writings. See: English Nouns 'brand'.

Verbs referencing "Brand"

English Nouns brand, Danish Nouns brand, Italian Nouns prando.

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