Verbrechen
German (Berlin)
/fərˈbrɛçən/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) a felony; severe criminal offence
- (countable) a crime; any criminal offence
- (uncountable) crime illegal activity as such, at large, criminals collectively
Etymology
Derived from Middle High German verbrechen (breach, violate) prefix from German brechen (break, vomit).
Origin
German (Berlin)
brechen
Gloss
break, vomit
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Brecher German
- Brechmittel German
- Brechnuss German
- Brechung German
- Brechwurzel German
- Brechzahl German
- Brotbrechen German
- Fastenbrechen German
- Kapitalverbrechen German
- Krieg German
- Kriegsverbrechen German
- Rate German
- Verbrechensrate German
- abbrechen German
- anbrechen German
- aufbrechen German
- ausbrechen German
- auseinanderbrechen German
- brechen German
- durchbrechen German
- ehebrechen German
- einbrechen German
- entzweibrechen German
- erbrechen German
- heranbrechen German
- hervorbrechen German
- kapital German
- losbrechen German
- radebrechen German
- unterbrechen German
- verbrechen German
- wegbrechen German
- zerbrechen German
- zusammenbrechen German
- *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European
- radbrække Danish
- farbrechan Old High German
- brechen Middle High German
- verbrechen Middle High German
- verbrëche Alemannic German
- bricon prv
- Rate
- Krieg
- Brecher
- brechen
- kapital
- Brechung
- Brechnuss
- anbrechen
- abbrechen
- Brechzahl
- erbrechen
- losbrechen
- aufbrechen
- einbrechen
- zerbrechen
- wegbrechen
- verbrechen
- ausbrechen
- ehebrechen
- Brechmittel
- Brotbrechen
- radebrechen
- Brechwurzel
- durchbrechen
- heranbrechen
- unterbrechen
- hervorbrechen
- Fastenbrechen
- entzweibrechen
- zusammenbrechen
- Verbrechensrate
- Kriegsverbrechen
- Kapitalverbrechen
- auseinanderbrechen