Brief

Meaning

letter (written message)

correspondence

personal correspondence

one copy

one letter

contained in a letter

epistula

Zuschrift

Sendschreiben

im Brief

im Text

briefliche Nachricht

Briefsendung

letter

buchstabe

Epistel

Frequency

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbʁiːf/

From Middle High German brief, from Old High German briaf, which is borrowed from Latin breve, a neuter form of brevis (“short”). Cognates include Middle Dutch brief, Dutch brief, Old Norse bréf, Old Saxon brēf (all of them borrowed from Latin) and English brief.

Cognate with Dutch

brief

Cognate with English

brief

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