brühen

  1. (transitive, weak) to blanch, pour seething water over
  2. (transitive, weak) to brew, put a pot on

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

brie’e

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
[bʁyːən]
Etymology

In summary

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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