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das Brust

noun · /bʁʊst/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German brust, from Old High German brust, from Proto-West Germanic *brust, from Proto-Germanic *brusts.

Translation

  1. chest feminine

    Die Kugel traf ihn mitten in die Brust.

    The bullet hit him right in the chest.

  2. breast (of a woman); side of the chest (of a man) feminine

    Schon seit der Pubertät ist meine rechte Brust größer als die linke.

    Ever since puberty my right breast is bigger than the left one.

    Weil ich ungleichmäßig trainiert habe, ist meine rechte Brust größer als die linke.

    Because I worked out unevenly, the right side of my chest is bigger than the left side.

  3. bosom (seat of thoughts and feelings) feminine, figuratively

    Bitterer Hass erfüllte seine Brust.

    Bitter hatred pervaded his bosom.

  4. short for Brustschwimmen abbreviation, alt-of, feminine

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Brust Brüste
Accusative Brust Brüste
Dative Brust Brüsten
Genitive Brust Brüste

Brust

noun ·

Translation

  1. breast source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  2. bosom source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  3. breast source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en

Brust

adj ·

Translation

  1. bosom source:wikdict-en-de-stardict