Brasse

• Brachse, Brachsen, Brachsmen (southern)

A Central and Low German form with -ss- for -chs-, from northern Middle High German and Middle Low German brassem, from Old High German brahsma, from Proto-West Germanic *brahsima, from Proto-Germanic *brahsmǭ, perhaps from *brehwanaz (“shining, glittery, sparkly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerek- (“to shine”), see also English braid (verb).

The form has widely replaced the more southern Brachse(n) in standard usage. Cognate with Dutch brasem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʁasə/

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• Rhymes: -asə

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1. carp bream (a fish)

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• Goldbrasse

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1. a surname

• “Brasse” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Brasse” in Duden online