trocken Brot

German

Etymology

Trocken Brot (“dry bread”). In older German strong neuter adjectives could be left uninflected. This is now generally poetic, but still common in a few fixed expressions. Compare fließend Wasser.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌtʁɔkənˈbʁoːt/

Noun

trocken Brot n (invariable)

  1. bread with nothing on it, particularly without butter or margarine
    Die Gefangenen bekamen nur Wasser und trocken Brot.
    The captives were given only water and bread.

Usage notes
  • Distinguish trocken Brot in the above sense from trockenes Brot (“bread that has become old and dry”).
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