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Usage Note
Brauch is a single established custom, as in Sitte und Brauch (mores and customs). The plural mutates to Bräuche. It denotes practice handed down, not an individual Gewohnheit (personal habit).
Examples
"Es ist ein alter Brauch, an Ostern Eier zu bemalen."
Natural Translation
It is an old custom to paint eggs at Easter.
Literal Translation
It is an old custom, at Easter eggs to paint.
Related Words
- Aberglaube superstition
- Adventskalender Advent calendar
- Adventskerze Advent candle
- Adventskranz Advent wreath
- Adventszeit Advent season; the four weeks before Christmas
- Almabtrieb cattle drive from alpine pastures in autumn
- Brauchtum customs
- Brauchtumsfest traditional folk festival; customs celebration
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