 | English | German  | |
| – | |
 | to break | 3043 brechen | |
| to breach sth. [a contract, an agreement, a promise, the law, etc.] | 2445 etw.Akk. brechen [einen Vertrag, ein Abkommen, ein Versprechen, das Gesetz etc.] | |
| to burst | 595 brechen | |
| to crack | 453 brechen | |
| to snap [bone etc.] | 440 brechen [Knochen etc.] | |
| phys. to refract [light] | 413 brechen [Licht] | |
| med. to vomit | 322 brechen [ugs.] [sich übergeben] | |
| med. to fracture | 202 brechen | |
| to infringe | 150 brechen [Regel, Gesetz] | |
| law to override | 141 brechen [außer Kraft setzen] | |
| to crush | 70 brechen [zerkleinern, z. B. Gestein] | |
| to rupture | 63 brechen | |
| mining to quarry sth. [slate, marble, etc.] | 38 etw.Akk. brechen [im Steinbruch abbauen (Schiefer, Marmor etc.)] | |
| to break sb. [fig.] | 36 jdn. brechen [fig.] | |
| law to infract | 28 brechen | |
| ind. mining to cut sth. [slate, stone, marble, etc.] | 14 etw. brechen [Schiefer, Stein, Marmor etc.] | |
| med. to be sick [vomit] | brechen [ugs.] [sich übergeben] | |
| to bear down | brechen [Widerstand] | |
| Nouns |
| breaking | 14 Brechen {n} | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| emetic {adj} | Brechen erregend [selten] [Brechreiz erregend] | |
| idiom sb.'s eyes grow dim [idiom] [sb. dies, passes away] | jds. Augen brechen [geh.] [Redewendung] [jd. stirbt, verscheidet] | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| to break up | auseinander brechen [alt] | |
| to break bread | Brot brechen | |
| to prise sth. apart | etw.Akk. auseinander brechen [alt] | |
| to blaze the way for sth. [idiom] | etw.Dat. Bahn brechen [Redewendung] | |
| textil. to break flax | Flachs brechen | |
| textil. to break hemp | Hanf brechen | |
| to crush sb.'s spirit | jdn. (psychisch) brechen | |
| to break sb.'s heart [idiom] | jds. Herz brechen [Redewendung] | |
| to break down sb.'s resistance | jds. Widerstand brechen | |
| to break sb.'s will | jds. Willen brechen | |
| to be refracted | sich brechen [Licht] | |
| to rebound [sound] | sich brechen [Schall] | |
| to break [of waves] | sich brechen [Wellen] | |
| to comb [waves] | sich brechen [Wellen] | |
| to break the seals | Siegel brechen | |
| to remove the seals | Siegel brechen | |
| to break resistance | Widerstand brechen | |
| to overcome resistance | Widerstand brechen | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| idiom sb.'s eyes grow dim [idiom] [sb. dies, passes away] | jdm. brechen die Augen [geh.] [Redewendung] [jd. stirbt, verscheidet] | |
| unbreakable {adj} [record] | nicht zu brechen | |
| full to bursting {adj} [postpos.] | zum Brechen voll | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| to break all records | alle Rekorde brechen | |
| to break the ice [also fig.] | das Eis brechen [auch fig.] | |
| to break the spell | das Eis brechen [fig.] | |
| law to break the law | das Gesetz brechen | |
| to refract the light | das Licht brechen | |
| to break the silence | das Schweigen brechen | |
| to break the seal | das Siegel brechen | |
| idiom to break the spell | den Bann brechen | |
