Definition
A male sibling, meaning a son of the same parents or of at least one shared parent.
Translations
- English
- brother
- Français
- frère
- Türkçe
- erkek kardeş
- Polski
- brat
- Русский
- брат
- Українська
- брат
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Bruder
- A1
- Noun
- People & Family
brother
/deːɐ̯ ˈbʁuːdɐ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Brüder
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- People & FamilyPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Mein Bruder ist drei Jahre älter als ich.NominativSing.My brother is three years older than me.
- Ich besuche meinen Bruder.AkkusativSing.I visit my brother.
- Ich helfe meinem Bruder bei den Hausaufgaben.DativSing.I help my brother with his homework.
- Das Fahrrad meines Bruders ist neu.GenitivSing.My brother’s bicycle is new.
- Die beiden Brüder spielen Fußball.NominativPlur.The two brothers play football.
- Ich sehe die Brüder im Park.AkkusativPlur.I see the brothers in the park.
- Die Eltern schenken den Brüdern neue Bücher.DativPlur.The parents give the brothers new books.
- Die Stimmen der Brüder waren laut.GenitivPlur.The brothers’ voices were loud.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Bruder/ˈbʁuːdɐ/
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Article phrase
der Bruder/deːɐ̯ ˈbʁuːdɐ/
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Plural
Brüder/ˈbʁyːdɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Bruder | die Brüder |
| Akkusativ | den Bruder | die Brüder |
| Dativ | dem Bruder | den Brüdern |
| Genitiv | des Bruders | der Brüder |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationmein Bruder
- CollocationBruder und Schwester
- Collocationden Bruder besuchen
- Prepositional constructionmit dem Bruder sprechenmit + Dativ
- Sentence patternDer Bruder hilft seiner Schwester.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Related termSchwester — sister
Bruder refers to a male sibling, while Schwester refers to a female sibling from the same family.
- Related termCousin — male cousin
A Bruder is also a male relative of the same generation, but not the child of an aunt or an uncle.
- Broader termGeschwister — siblings
- Narrower termZwillingsbruder
A Zwillingsbruder is a Bruder who was born as a twin.
- Broader termGeschwisterteil
Geschwisterteil is a gender-neutral hypernym; Bruder refers only to the male variant.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word
„Bruder“ is a simple noun that cannot be further synchronically decomposed.
Word family
- Schwester — sister
- Geschwister — siblings