brün

See also: brun, Brun, brún, and brůn

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian brūn, from Proto-West Germanic *brūn.

Pronunciation

• (Sylt) IPA^(key): [b̥rʏn]

Adjective

brün

1. (Sylt) brown

Inflection

Inflection of brün (Sylt dialect)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite
positive
predicative / adverbial	brün
attributive
independent	brünen	brün	brünen
partitive	brüns		—
comparative
predicative / adverbial	brüner
attributive
independent	brüneren	brüner	brüneren
partitive	brüners		—
superlative
predicative / adverbial	am brünsten
attributive	brünst
independent	—	brünst	brünsten

Romansch

Alternative forms

• brin (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)
• bregn (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (“brown”), from Proto-Indo-European *bher- (“shining, brown”).

Adjective

brün m (feminine singular brüna, masculine plural brüns, feminine plural brünas)

1. (Puter, Vallader) brown