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Pronunciation / Transliteration: bryːtn̩
"Er neigt dazu, über seine Probleme zu brüten."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A family of young animals, especially birds, produced at one hatching or birth.
"The mother duck led her new brood of ducklings down to the edge of the pond."
- 1
To think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried.
"He spent the entire evening sitting in silence, brooding over his missed promotion."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English verb 'brōdan', meaning to sit on eggs, hatch, or cherish, which stems from Proto-Germanic '*brōdjaną'. Over centuries, the term evolved from strictly describing the act of incubation by birds to encompass a family of offspring and metaphorically extend to lingering deeply on unhappy thoughts.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Brood" is said worldwide
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couve
Transliteration: koov
Script: couver
"Il passe son temps à couver ses idées noires."
brüten
Transliteration: bryːtn̩
"Er neigt dazu, über seine Probleme zu brüten."
covare
Transliteration: ˈkɔ.va.re
"L'uccello cova le sue uova nel nido."
rumiar
Transliteration: ruˈmjaɾ
"Suele rumiar sus frustraciones durante horas."
chocar
Transliteration: ʃuˈkaɾ
"A galinha está a chocar os ovos."
चिंता करना
Transliteration: chinta karna
"वह पुरानी बातों को लेकर चिंता करता रहता है।"
沉思
Transliteration: chénsī
"他一个人坐在房间里沉思。"
곰곰이 생각하다
Transliteration: gomgomi saenggakada
"그는 자신의 실수에 대해 골몰히 생각했다."
思い悩む
Transliteration: omoinayamu
"彼は一人で将来について思い悩んでいた。"
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