brennen
German (Berlin)
/ˈbʀɛnən/
verb-weak
Definitions
- (intransitive) to burn; to light on fire
- (intransitive) to burn; to be on fire
- (intransitive) to have a strong affection for; to be affectionate
- (intransitive) to be lit, to be on (of a light or lamp)
- (intransitive) to irritate; to induce pain or another pianful sensation; to bite; to sting
- (intransitive) to smart; to sting a sore or wound
- (transitive) to fire; to bake; to kiln tiles and pottery
- (transitive) to distil alcoholic beverages such as schnapps
- (transitive) to burn; to archive data on a storage medium. (such as CDs, DVDs, etc.)
- (intransitive) to emit heat
- to roast
- to bream (clean a ship etc. by fire and scraping)
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German brennan inherited from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną (set on fire) inherited from Old High German brinnan inherited from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (burn, be on fire).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*brinnaną
Gloss
burn, be on fire
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Burnmouth English
- Burnside English
- aburn English
- afterburn English
- backburn English
- bren English
- brending English
- brimstone English
- burn English
- burn up English
- burnability English
- burnable English
- burndown English
- burner English
- burnest English
- burneth English
- burnie English
- burnlike English
- burnoff English
- burnproof English
- burnt English
- burny English
- cryoburn English
- deorbit burn English
- forburn English
- freeburn English
- heartburn English
- inburn English
- moonburn English
- nonburn English
- noseburn English
- outburn English
- overburn English
- postburn English
- preburn English
- rainburn English
- reburn English
- rugburn English
- screenburn English
- sunburn English
- unburn English
- underburn English
- windburn English
- Brennbarkeit German
- Brennelement German
- Brennholz German
- Brennnessel German
- Brennofen German
- Brennsuppe German
- Brennweite German
- Element German
- Helium German
- Heliumbrennen German
- Holz German
- Nessel German
- Ofen German
- Suppe German
- Weite German
- abbrennen German
- anbrennen German
- ausbrennen German
- brennbar German
- brennheiß German
- durchbrennen German
- einbrennen German
- heiß German
- niederbrennen German
- schwarz German
- schwarzbrennen German
- unbrennbar German
- verbrennen German
- aanbranden Dutch, Flemish
- afbranden Dutch, Flemish
- brand Dutch, Flemish
- brandbaar Dutch, Flemish
- branden Dutch, Flemish
- brander Dutch, Flemish
- brandewijn Dutch, Flemish
- brandhout Dutch, Flemish
- branding Dutch, Flemish
- brandmerk Dutch, Flemish
- brandmiddel Dutch, Flemish
- brandnetel Dutch, Flemish
- brandoffer Dutch, Flemish
- brandschip Dutch, Flemish
- brandspiegel Dutch, Flemish
- brandstapel Dutch, Flemish
- brandstof Dutch, Flemish
- brandzalf Dutch, Flemish
- bronst Dutch, Flemish
- herbranden Dutch, Flemish
- ontbranden Dutch, Flemish
- platbranden Dutch, Flemish
- verbranden Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰrenw- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrewh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- brennbar Norwegian Bokmål
- *brannijaną Proto-Germanic
- *brinnaną Proto-Germanic
- brinna Swedish
- brennbar Norwegian Nynorsk
- birnan Old English
- bærnan Old English
- forbirnan Old English
- þurhbirnan Old English
- bernen Middle English
- brennen Middle English
- brenna Old Norse
- brinna Old Norse
- branden Middle Dutch
- brennan Old High German
- brennen Old High German
- brinnan Old High German
- brinnen Middle High German
- brennen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉 Gothic
- ברענען Yiddish
- *brinnan gmw-pro
- *brinnan Old Dutch
- brennen Old Dutch
- brinnan Old Dutch
- brennian Old Saxon
- brinnan Old Saxon
- brinna Old Swedish
- brīn Vilamovian