 | English | German  | |
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 | fraternal {adj} [attr.] [e.g. affection, strife] | 12 Bruder- [z. B. Liebe, Zwist] | |
| Nouns |
| brother <bro.> | 1552 Bruder {m} | |
| sibling [male] | 104 Bruder {m} | |
| blud [Br.] [sl.] | 30 Bruder {m} | |
| bro [coll.] [brother] | 19 Bruder {m} [auch Kumpel, Freund] | |
| bruv [Br.] [coll.] | 14 Bruder {m} | |
| relig. frater | 10 Bruder {m} [Mönch] | |
| relig. Brother ... <Bro.> | 9 Bruder {m} ... <Br.> [Anrede eines Klosterbruders] | |
| bruvver [Br.] [sl.] [brother] | Bruder {m} | |
| Unverified bhai [Ind.] | Bruder {m} [auch Kumpel, Freund] | |
| broheim [Am.] [sl.] [also: broheem] [dude] | Bruder {m} [ugs.] [Kumpel] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| flibbertigibbet [flighty, light-headed male person] | (Bruder) Leichtfuß {m} [ugs.] [hum.] | |
| big brother [coll.] [older brother] | älterer Bruder {m} | |
| elder brother | älterer Bruder {m} | |
| older brother | älterer Bruder {m} | |
| eldest brother | ältester Bruder {m} | |
| happy-go-lucky chap [esp. Br.] [coll.] | Bruder Leichtfuß {m} [veraltend] [hum.] | |
| jolly fellow | Bruder Lustig {m} [veraltend] [leichtlebiger Mensch] | |
| hist. lit. Friar Rush | Bruder Rausch {m} | |
| own brother | eigener Bruder {m} | |
| big brother [coll.] [older brother] | großer Bruder {m} [ugs.] [älterer Bruder] | |
| older brother | großer Bruder {m} [ugs.] [älterer Bruder] | |
| cadet [old-fashioned] | jüngerer Bruder {m} | |
| kid brother [coll.] [younger brother] | jüngerer Bruder {m} | |
| younger brother | jüngerer Bruder {m} | |
| baby-bro [coll.] | jüngster Bruder {m} | |
| kid brother [coll.] [younger brother] | kleiner Bruder {m} [ugs.] [jüngerer Bruder] | |
| little brother [coll.] [younger brother] | kleiner Bruder {m} [ugs.] [jüngerer Bruder] | |
| younger brother | kleiner Bruder {m} [ugs.] [jüngerer Bruder] | |
| biological brother | leiblicher Bruder {m} | |
| brother german [archaic] | leiblicher Bruder {m} | |
| brother-german [archaic] | leiblicher Bruder {m} | |
| full brother | leiblicher Bruder {m} | |
| dear brother | lieber Bruder {m} | |
| birth brother | natürlicher Bruder {m} | |
| Stasi brother [pej.] | Stasi-Bruder {m} [auch: Stasibruder] [pej.] | |
| fag [Am.] [pej.] [coll.] [male homosexual] | warmer Bruder {m} [ugs.] [pej.] | |
| faggot [Am.] [pej.] [coll.] [male homosexual] | warmer Bruder {m} [ugs.] [pej.] [Homosexueller] | |
| poof [Br.] [sl.] [pej.] [male homosexual] | warmer Bruder {m} [ugs.] [pej.] [Homosexueller] | |
| shirtlifter [Br.] [sl.] [pej.] [male homosexual] | warmer Bruder {m} [ugs.] [pej.] [Homosexueller] | |
| rear gunner [Br.] [sl.] [pej.] [male homosexual] | warmer Bruder {m} [ugs.] [pej.] [Homosexueller] | |
| uphill gardener [Br.] [sl.] [pej.] [male homosexual] | warmer Bruder {m} [ugs.] [pej.] [Homosexueller] | |
| friend of Dorothy [sl.] [pej.] [male homosexual] | warmer Bruder {m} [ugs.] [pej.] [Homosexueller] | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| bros before hos [Am.] [sl.] [also: before hoes] [idiom] | Bruder vor Luder [ugs.] [Freund, Kumpel vor Freundin] [Redewendung] | |
| bros before hoes [sl.] | Bruder vor Luder [ugs.] [vulg.] | |
| What's up, bro? [sl.] | Was geht, Bruder? [salopp] [Jugendsprache] | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| relig. brother in Christ | Bruder {m} in Christo | |
| relig. brother in Christ | Bruder {m} in Christus | |
| Big Brother | der "große Bruder" [nach George Orwell] | |
| separated brother | getrennt lebender Bruder {m} | |
| 4 Words: Others |
| You resemble your brother. | Du gleichst deinem Bruder. | |
| 4 Words: Nouns |
| Smith Major [Br.] [public school sl.] [the older brother of two at the school] | der ältere Bruder {m} Smith [von zwei Smiths an der Schule] | |
| Smith Maximus [Br.] [public school sl.] [the oldest of three or more brothers at the school] | der älteste Bruder {m} Smith [von mehreren Smiths an der Schule] | |
| Smith Minor [Br.] [public school sl.] [the younger of two brothers at the school] | der jüngere Bruder {m} Smith [von zwei Smiths an der Schule] | |
| 5+ Words: Others |
| proverb Sleep is the cousin of death. | Der Schlaf ist der Bruder des Todes. | |
| quote People look at me and see my brother. [American History X] | Die Menschen sehen mich an und sehen meinen Bruder. | |
| He's more repugnant to me than his brother. | Er ist mir noch mehr zuwider als sein Bruder. | |
| proverb Beware of the doctor, whose wife sells cemetery plots, whose brother owns a granite quarry, and whose father deals in shovels. | Hüte dich vor dem Arzt, dessen Frau Gräber verkauft, dessen Bruder einen Granitsteinbruch besitzt und dessen Vater mit Schaufeln handelt. | |
| After all he is my brother! | Schließlich ist er mein Bruder! | |
| Fiction (Literature and Film) |
| mus. F Brother John [Frère Jacques] | Bruder Jakob [auch Meister Jakob] | |
| mus. F Brother Peter [Frère Jacques] | Bruder Jakob [auch Meister Jakob] | |
| mus. F Are You Sleeping? [Frère Jacques] | Bruder Jakob [auch: Meister Jakob] | |
| lit. F Brother Lustig [Grimm Brothers] | Bruder Lustig [Brüder Grimm] | |
| film F Brother Sun, Sister Moon [Franco Zeffirelli] | Bruder Sonne, Schwester Mond | |
| lit. F The Devil's Sooty Brother [Grimm Brothers] | Des Teufels rußiger Bruder [Brüder Grimm] | |
| art F Dodo and her Brother | Dodo und ihr Bruder [Ernst Ludwig Kirchner] | |
| film F Something So Right [Lou Antonio] | Mein großer Bruder | |
| lit. F The Web [Jonathan Kellerman] | Satans Bruder | |
| film lit. F Brother of Sleep | Schlafes Bruder [Roman: Robert Schneider, Film: Joseph Vilsmaier] | |
| lit. F Cain His Brother [Anne Perry] | Sein Bruder Kain | |
| lit. F The Legend of the Worst Boy in the World [Eoin Colfer] | Tim und der schrecklichste Bruder der Welt | |
| lit. F From Death to Morning [Thomas Wolfe] | Tod der stolze Bruder | |
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