Brakke

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proper noun

A surname from Dutch.

OriginMiddle Dutch bracke ← Frankish *brakko ← Proto-Germanic *brak →
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Meanings

proper nounBrakke (plural Brakkes)

plural Brakkes

  1. A surname from Dutch.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰreh₂g-“to smell”
  2. Proto-Germanic*brak“dog that hunts by scent”
  3. Frankish*brakko
  4. Middle Dutchbracke“bloodhound”
  5. EnglishBrakke

* 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”).

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APA

Brakke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brakke

MLA

“Brakke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brakke. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Brakke,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brakke.

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