Masculine

Brei

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) mash; mush; porridge; any semisolid food
  2. (masculine, strong) milk pudding with chewable pieces in it, such as rice pudding, semolina pudding, etc.

Concepts

thin rice porridge

watery cooked rice

rice gruel

stodgy food

purée de pommes de terre mashed potatoes

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

bappe

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

mues

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

pflùtta

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

kääspflùtta

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/bʁaɪ̯/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German brīe, brī, from Old High German brīo, from Proto-West Germanic *brīw. Cognate with Yiddish ברײַ (bray).

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