Brodem

See also: brodem

German

Etymology

With widespread dialectal -ā- → -ō- from Middle High German brādem, from Old High German brādam, from Proto-Germanic **brēþmaz, probably a secondary alteration of *brēþiz by conflation with *ēþmaz, whence German Atem, Odem. Cognate with English breath.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbʁoːdəm/

Noun

Brodem m (genitive Brodems, no plural)

  1. (dated, literary) vapor
  2. (dated, literary) strong smell
    • 1924, Kurt Tucholsky, Vor Verdun, in: Die Weltbühne, volume 20, no. 32, Verlag der Weltbühne, page 219:
      Einer raucht einen beißenden Tabak, und man wittert die Soldatenatmosphäre, die überall auf der ganzen Welt gleich war: den Brodem von Leder, Schweiß, Heu, Essensgeruch, Tabak und Menschenausdünstung.
      One smokes a stinging tabacco and you scent the soldier's atmosphere that was the same everywhere in the whole world: the strong smell of leather, sweat, hay, smell of food, tobacco and human perspiration.

Declension
Declension of Brodem (uncountable)
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Brodem
genitive eines des Brodems
dative einem dem Brodem
accusative einen den Brodem

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