Brueder vs Gebrueder

Maxie

January 2, 2023

Hallo

Was reading a piece about the Brothers Grimm in German

And sometimes they used Brueder and other times Gebrueder.

Whatis the difference, please

Thanks
Sharon

Julia-Rocket-German-Tutor

January 5, 2023

Hi Sharon,

Great question! Brüder is simply the plural form of der Bruder while Gebrüder implies all brothers of a family, however the last term is outdated and never used in casual speech nowadays. Sometimes, Gebrüder is also used in company names, e.g. when a company is managed by two or more brothers.

Viele Grüße,

Julia

Maxie

January 5, 2023

Danke Julia

Gut zu wissen. Was intrigues by that and now a little bit fits into my puzzle of the German language

Have a good day

Maxie

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