Brick

• As an English surname, from the noun bridge. This aligns more closely with the pronunciation of its ancestors, Middle English brigge, Old English brycg.
• As a Polish surname, from Brych, which has the same pronunciation.

• Rhymes: -ɪk

Brick (plural Bricks)

1. A surname.

• Brickhouse
• Bryck

From Middle High German brucke, from Old High German brugga, from Proto-West Germanic *bruggju, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

Brick f (diminutive Brickl)

1. (Erzgebirgisch) Bridge

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 26

From Central Franconian Bröck, from Middle High German brucke, from Old High German brugga, from Proto-West Germanic *bruggju, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈprik/
• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: Brick

Brick f (plural Bricke)

1. bridge

   Die Fraa stehd uff de Brick.

   The woman is standing on the bridge.

From Middle High German brucke, from Old High German brugga, from Proto-West Germanic *bruggju, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

Compare German Brücke, Dutch brug, English bridge, Old Saxon bruggia, Low German Brüch, Danish brygge.

• IPA^(key): /brɪk/

Brick f (plural Bricke)

1. bridge