Polyglot Dictionary

Brotzeit

/ˈbʁoːtˌtsaɪ̯t/

die noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Brotzeiten

Meaning

  1. snack break (Bavaria)

    Built from Brot (bread) + Zeit (time).

    • Wir machen Brotzeit.

      We are having a snack.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Brot bread
  • Zeit time

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

morsure

Close — a snack break relates to a bite.

Practice

1 What does Brotzeit mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir machen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Brotzeit?

nouncompound

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