# Brand
## English
### Etymology

* As an English, Scottish, north German, Dutch, French, and North Germanic surname, from a Germanic personal name derived from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“sword, firebrand, torch”), as in the second element of Hildebrand.
* Also as a German surname, variant of Brandt.
* As a Swedish and Danish surname, from brand (“fire”).
* As a Jewish surname, from German Brand (“fire”).

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /brænd/, [bɹænd]
* Homophone: brand
* Rhymes: -ænd

### Proper noun

Brand (countable and uncountable, plural Brands)
* A surname.
* A municipality in Bludenz district, Vorarlberg, Austria.
* A municipality in Tirschenreuth district, Bavaria, Germany.
* A borough of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
* A hamlet in Beekdaelen municipality, Limburg province, Netherlands.

## Dutch
### Etymology

* (Limburg) First attested as Op genne Brant in the 18th century. Derived from brand (“site of a fire, location where something has been burned”).
* (Noord-Brabant) First attested as den Brandt in 1750. Derived from brand (“fuel, turf”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brɑnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Brand
* Rhymes: -ɑnt
* Homophones: brand, brandt, Brandt

### Proper noun

Brand n
* A hamlet in Beekdaelen, Limburg, Netherlands
* A hamlet in Maashorst, North Brabant, Netherlands

### References

* van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

## German
### Etymology 1

From Middle High German brant, from Old High German brant, from Proto-West Germanic *brand. Cognate with Bavarian Brånd and English brand.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʁant/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ant

#### Noun

Brand m (strong, genitive Brandes or Brands, plural Brände)
* fire, blaze (destructive occurrence)
** 1872, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, “Das Kindlein in Mainz”, in Huttens letzte Tage‎:Dein Name sei gelobt! Hüt uns vor drei: / Vor Wassernot und Brand und Kriegsgeschrei!(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* hell
* distillation, brandy
    Synonym: Weinbrand
    Hyponyms: Weinbrand, Obstbrand
* (colloquial) strong thirst
    einen Brand haben ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

##### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

##### Hyponyms

* Beulenbrand
* Buschbrand
* Feuerbrand
* Gefrierbrand
* Großbrand
* Hausbrand
* Kabelbrand
* Milzbrand
* Obstbrand
* Reichstagsbrand
* Schwelbrand
* Sonnenbrand
* Waldbrand
* Weinbrand
* Weltbrand
* Weltenbrand
* Wohnungsbrand
* Wundbrand
* Zimmerbrand

##### Derived terms

* brandaktuell
* Brandanschlag
* Brandbeschleuniger
* Brandbombe
* Brandflasche
* brandgefährlich
* Brandholz
* Brandmal
* Brandmelder
* Brandopfer
* Brandrede
* Brandrodung
* Brandschaden
* Brandschatz
* Brandschopf
* Brandstifter
* Brandstiftung
* Brandteig
* Brandursache
* Brandwache
* Brandzeichen

### Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English brand.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʁant/ (standard)
* IPA: [bɹænt], [bɹænd] (approximating English pronunciation)

#### Noun

Brand n or m (strong, genitive Brands, plural Brands) or Brand f (genitive Brand, plural Brands)
* (marketing slang, otherwise unusual) brand
    Synonym: Marke
** 2015 July 2, Daniele Muscionico, “Im Hinterhof mit Weitsicht”, in Die Zeit‎:Internationale Brands benutzen Schriftarten, deren Erfinder Laurenz Brunner heißt und in einem Szeneviertel der deutschen Hauptstadt jeder Mode trotzt.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3
#### Proper noun

Brand n (proper noun, genitive Brands or (optionally with an article) Brand)
* A municipality of Vorarlberg, Austria
* A municipality of Bavaria, Germany

##### Declension

$^1$Optionally with an article.

### Further reading

* “Brand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Brand” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “Brand” in Duden online
* “Brand” in Duden online

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From Middle High German brant, from Old High German brant, from Proto-West Germanic *brand. Cognate with German Brand, Dutch brand, English brand, West Frisian brân.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bʀɑnt]
* Rhymes: -ɑnt

### Noun

Brand m (plural Bränn)
* fire

#### Synonyms

* Feier