bruuche
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Old High German brūhhan, from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną (“to make use of, employ, use, consume”). Cognate with German brauchen, Dutch bruiken, English brook.
Verb
bruuche (third-person singular simple present bruucht, past participle pruucht, auxiliary haa)
- to use
- 1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
- Si würded also säge, Lüt, wo mer bruche chönd.
- So, the type of people we could use, would you say?
- 1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
- to use up
- to need
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