Bridge

See also: bridge and bridgé

English

Etymology 1

English surname, from the noun bridge.

Proper noun

Bridge

  1. A surname.
    1. An occupational surname for a bridgekeeper
    2. A habitational surname for someone living near a bridge or at a location called Bridge or Bridges
    3. A toponymic surname for someone from Bruges
    4. Alternative form of Bridgen.
    5. Alternative form of Bridges.
  2. A village and civil parish in Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1854). Recorded as Brige in 1086 (DB), from Old English brycg. [1]
  3. An unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States, named for a river bridge.
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

See bridge.

Noun

Bridge (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of bridge (card game).
    • 2000 April 20, <gnohmon8715@my-deja.com>, “Worst Gran[d]master Ever”, in rec.games.chess.analysis‎[1] (Usenet):
      The weakest USAan GM [Grandmaster] of (somewhat modern) modern times apparently lost interest in Chess, and spent all his time playing Bridge, especially downstairs at the Marshall.
    • 2010 April 25, “[Deaths] Silbert, Michael Theodore”, in The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 October 2026:
      Michael, […] was a Grand Life Master at the game of Bridge.
    • 2011 June 30, “Dorothy (Dot) Jurukov”, in Glendale News-Press‎[3], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 October 2026:
      Her passion was playing Bridge, […]

References

  1. ^ Parish map (Kent)

Anagrams

German

Etymology

    From English bridge

    Pronunciation

    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Noun

    Bridge n (strong, genitive Bridge, no plural)

    1. bridge (card game)

    Declension

    Declension of Bridge [sg-only, neuter, strong]
    singular
    indef. def. noun
    nominative ein das Bridge
    genitive eines des Bridge
    dative einem dem Bridge
    accusative ein das Bridge

    Further reading

    • “Bridge” in Duden online
    • “Bridge”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[4] (in German)
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