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brood·ing [ˈbru:dɪŋ] ADJ

brooding
beunruhigend
dark brooding clouds
dunkle, schwere Wolken
a brooding expanse of marshland
ein unheimliches Moorgebiet
a brooding silence
eine drückende Stille

I. brood [bru:d] N

1. brood (hatch):

brood
Brut f <-, -en>

2. brood hum (young children):

brood
Brut f <-> kein pl hum
brood
Nachwuchs m <-es> kein pl

II. brood [bru:d] VB intr

1. brood:

brood (mope)
Trübsal blasen
brood (worry at length)
grübeln
to brood on [or over] sth
über etw dat brüten
to brood on [or over] sth
über etw acc [nach]grübeln

2. brood ZOOL (sit on eggs):

brood
brüten

III. brood [bru:d] VB trans

to brood eggs
Eier ausbrüten

ˈbrood mare N

brood mare
Zuchtstute f <-, -n>
German
German
English
English
Grübelei
brooding
Brut
brooding no pl
Brut (die Jungen)
brood
Brutpflege
care of the brood
Brutpflege betreiben
to care for the brood
[über etw acc o dat] grübeln
to brood [over [or about] sth]
ins Grübeln geraten [o. kommen]
to begin to brood
brüten
to brood
[über etw dat] brüten
to brood [over sth]
[über etw acc] sinnen
to brood [or muse] [over sth]
sinnend
brooding/broodingly
[über etw acc] sinnieren
to brood [or muse] [over sth]

Klett Biology Glossary

brood care N

brood care
Brutpflege

genetic brood care N

genetic brood care
genetische Brutpflege
Present
Ibrood
youbrood
he/she/itbroods
webrood
youbrood
theybrood
Past
Ibrooded
youbrooded
he/she/itbrooded
webrooded
youbrooded
theybrooded
Present Perfect
Ihavebrooded
youhavebrooded
he/she/ithasbrooded
wehavebrooded
youhavebrooded
theyhavebrooded
Past Perfect
Ihadbrooded
youhadbrooded
he/she/ithadbrooded
wehadbrooded
youhadbrooded
theyhadbrooded
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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to brood eggs
Eier ausbrüten
dark brooding clouds
dunkle, schwere Wolken
a brooding expanse of marshland
ein unheimliches Moorgebiet
a brooding silence
eine drückende Stille
[über etw acc o dat] grübeln
to brood [over [or about] sth]

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Nearly 1,500 eggs are in a single brood allowing for a higher chance of survival.
en.wikipedia.org
There are between five and 10 young per brood.
en.wikipedia.org
Two broods are common, and three have been raised in a season.
en.wikipedia.org
Pigeons can raise an average of five broods per year under optimal conditions.
en.wikipedia.org
The young woman, not understanding a single word he was saying, answered in the vernacular "nagalumyom", which meant that the hen was brooding some eggs.
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Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)

[...]
cleaning combs, feeding the brood and the queen, producing wax and building combs, keeping watch in front of the hive, foraging for nectar and pollen – each of these tasks is carried out by a specific “professional group”.
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www.presse.uni-wuerzburg.de
[...]
Waben reinigen, Brut und Königin füttern, Wachs produzieren und Waben bauen, vor dem Stock Wache halten, Nektar und Pollen sammeln – all diese Aufgaben werden jeweils von bestimmten „Berufsgruppen“ erledigt.
[...]
www.presse.uni-wuerzburg.de
[...]
(2) Do male black coucals insure their genetic paternity and how much do they invest in each brood?
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www.orn.mpg.de
[...]
(2) Wie sichern männliche Grillkuckucke ihre genetische Vaterschaft und wieviel Energie und Zeit investieren sie in die jeweilige Brut?
[...]
www.orn.mpg.de
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The young caterpillars are then - after they reach the ground - adopted by ants of the genus Myrmica (mostly M. scabrinodis), where they are maintained by the ants and also devour their brood.
[...]
www.pyrgus.de
[...]
Die jungen Raupen werden dann - nachdem sie den Erdboden erreicht haben - von Ameisen der Gattung Myrmica (meist M. scabrinodis) in deren Nest verbracht, wo sie von den Ameisen gepflegt werden und auch deren Brut verzehren.
[...]
www.pyrgus.de
[...]
The stork 2010 season approaches the end and we can look back onto the most successful brood since the establishment of White Stork Information Centre in Vetschau.
[...]
www.storchennest.de
[...]
die Storchensaison 2010 nähert sich dem Ende und wir können auf die erfolgreichste Brut seit Bestehen des Standortes am Vetschauer Weißstorch-Informationszentrum zurück blicken.
[...]
www.storchennest.de
[...]
A drop of blood is taken from each of two nestlings per brood for later genetic analyses.
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www.vogelwarte.ch
[...]
Von zwei Nestlingen pro Brut wird eine kleine Blutprobe für die genetischen Analysen entnommen.
[...]
www.vogelwarte.ch

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