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Noun

die Brüderschaft

brotherhood (the state of being brothers or considering each other as brethren)

A2 rank #12,300 plural Brüderschaften

Meanings

Noun
  1. brotherhood (the state of being brothers or considering each other as brethren)
  2. a drink, usually alcoholic, shared (usually between men) to seal a friendship and mark the switch from the formal Sie to the familiar du

In a sentence

Zwischen den beiden Männern wuchs mit der Zeit eine echte Brüderschaft.

Over time a real brotherhood grew between the two men.

Forms

singular die Brüderschaft
plural die Brüderschaften