# 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: /ˈbʀɛnə/

### Verb

brenne
* 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
* (Erzgebirgisch) to burn
* (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, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 26:

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

brenne
* inflection of brennen:
** first-person singular present
** first/third-person singular subjunctive I
** 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: /ˈprɛnə/
* Rhymes: -ɛnə
* Hyphenation: bren‧ne

### Verb

brenne
* (intransitive) to burn; to be on fire
* (intransitive, with accusative object) to burn; to set on fire

#### Conjugation

The present participle is uncommonly used, but can be made with the suffix -end.

#### Derived terms

* aanbrenne
* abbrenne
* ferbrenne

### References

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

## Middle English
### Verb

brenne
* Alternative form of brennen
** 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 thefeThat 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)
* (intransitive) to burn (be consumed by fire)
* (transitive) to burn (something)
* (reflexive, brenne seg) to burn oneself
* (transitive) to roast (almonds, coffee)
* (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)
* 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
* to burn

## Plautdietsch
### Etymology

From Middle Low German bernen, from Old Saxon brennian.

### Verb

brenne
* to burn
* to sting
* to sear

#### Derived terms

* brennboa (adjective)
* Brennholt
* Brenniesa
* Brennkrüt