Brake.
a town, the administrative seat of Wesermarsch district, Lower Saxony; official name: Brake (Unterweser)
Meaning & usage
a town, the administrative seat of Wesermarsch district, Lower Saxony; official name: Brake (Unterweser)
a neighbourhood and former municipality of Heepen district, Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
a neighbourhood and former municipality of Lemgo, Lippe district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Where this word comes from
Brake in Wesermarsch: From Middle Low German Broak, from broak (“pond caused by a dam failure”), from the root of Old Saxon brekan (“to break”). Brake in Eastern Westphalia and Lippe: From Middle Low German brak (“brackish, brack”, adjective).
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