# Brett
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɹɛt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Etymology 1

Related to Breton, Brittany, and more distantly Briton.

#### Proper noun

Brett
* A surname transferred from the nickname meaning "Breton, an inhabitant of Brittany".
* A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
* A river in Suffolk, England, which joins the Suffolk River Stour at Higham in Babergh district.

##### Alternative forms

* (male given name): Bret

### Etymology 2

Short for Brettanomyces.

#### Noun

Brett (uncountable)
* (informal) Brettanomyces, a yeast genus that is used in brewing some beers, and can also affect the taste of wine.

## East Central German
### Alternative forms

* Breet, Braat, Bratt

### Etymology

Compare Luxembourgish Breet, German Breite.

### Noun

Brett f
* (Erzgebirgisch) breadth, width
    De Brett von Lastr war ze gruß, do issr in dr Brick stacken gebliem.The width of the truck was too big, so it got stuck in the bridge.

### References

* https://www.erzgebirgisch.de/b.braat_1.wort

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German bret, from Old High German bret, from Proto-West Germanic *bred, from Proto-Germanic *bredą, an e-grade byform of *burdą (“board, plank”). Cognate with Old English bred and Yiddish ברעט (bret).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʁɛt/
* Rhymes: -ɛt
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Austria):(file)

### Noun

Brett n (strong, genitive Brettes or Bretts, plural Bretter, diminutive Brettchen n or Brettlein n)
* board, plank
    Die Fenster des verlassenen Hauses waren alle mit Brettern vernagelt.The windows of the abandoned house were all boarded up (nailed shut with boards).
* (slang, music) energetic, forceful track

#### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

#### Hyponyms

* Balancierbrett ("balance board")
* Bügelbrett
* Dielenbrett
* Eichenbrett
* Fensterbrett
* Griffbrett
* Holzbrett
* Kiefernbrett
* Klemmbrett
* Küchenbrett
* Reißbrett
* Scherbrett
* Schneidbrett
* Schwarzes Brett
* Sprungbrett
* Trittbrett

#### Derived terms

* Brett vor dem Kopf
* Brettchen
* dicker Bretter bohren
* ein Brett vor dem Kopf haben
* einen Stein im Brett haben

#### Descendants

* → Esperanto: breto

### Further reading

* “Brett” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
* “Brett” in Duden online
* “Brett” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Hunsrik
### Noun

Brett n (plural Bretter, diminutive Brettche)
* board
    En Brett fum Boddem is los.A floorboard is loose.

### Further reading

* Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Brett”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 28

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* Bret

### Etymology

From a British form of Latin Brittō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brett/, [bret]

### Proper noun

Brett m
* Briton (native or inhabitant of Britain)
** Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 491
    Ne wearþ þǣr furðum ān Brett tō lāfe.There was not even one Briton left.
* Breton (native or inhabitant of Brittany)

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Derived terms

* Brettas
* Brettisċ

#### Related terms

* Breten

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

Compare German Brett, Dutch berd, Old English bred.

### Noun

Brett n (plural Bredder)
* bracket
* board

#### Synonyms

* Bord