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brühen.

to blanch, pour seething water over

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb[bʁyːən]
  1. to blanch, pour seething water over

    transitive · weak
  2. to brew, put a pot on

    transitive · weak
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German brüen, brüejen (“to brew, singe, burn”), from Old High German *bruojan (“to scald, burn”), from Proto-Germanic *brōaną (“to brew”) and related *brewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-, *bʰrew- (“to boil, seethe”). Cognates Cognate with Middle Dutch broeyen (“to heat”), Old French bruir (“to burn”), Old High German briuwan (“to brew”). More at brew.

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