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Brakke

Brakke proper noun: a surname from Dutch.

Proper noun

Brakke (plural Brakkes)

  1. A surname from Dutch.

Forms of Brakke

pluralBrakkes

Origin of Brakke

* As a Norwegian surname Brække, variant of Brekke. * As a Dutch surname, from Middle Dutch bracke (“bloodhound”), from Frankish *brakko, from Proto-Germanic *brak (“dog that hunts by scent”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂g- (“to smell”).

Questions about Brakke

What does Brakke mean?
Brakke means a surname from Dutch.
What part of speech is Brakke?
Brakke is a proper noun.

Words near Brakke in the dictionary

  1. braking distance
  2. braking distances
  3. braking time
  4. braking times
  5. brakings
  6. Brakke
  7. Brakkes
  8. Brakpan
  9. braks
  10. brakslaai
  11. braky

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