Brandy

See also: brandy

English

Alternative forms

• Brandi

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹændi/

Proper noun

Brandy

1. A female given name from English derived from brandy, an alcoholic liquor. Mostly seen in American usage during the 1970s and 1980s.
   • 2022 July 12, Luke Vander Ploeg, “Can You Drive Alone in the H.O.V. Lane if You’re Pregnant? A Post-Roe Quandary.”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 July 2022:

     Last month, Brandy Bottone of Plano, Texas, was pulled over by a Dallas sheriff’s deputy and given a ticket for driving alone in a high-occupancy vehicle lane.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English brandy, shortened form of brandywine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʁɛndi/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Brandy m (strong, genitive Brandys, plural Brandys)

1. brandy, brandywine

   Synonyms: (archaic) Branntwein, Weinbrand

Declension

Declension of Brandy [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Brandy	die	Brandys
genitive	eines	des	Brandys	der	Brandys
dative	einem	dem	Brandy	den	Brandys
accusative	einen	den	Brandy	die	Brandys

Further reading

• “Brandy” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Brandy” in Duden online