köken: From Middle High German brët, from Old High German brët, from Proto-West Germanic *bred, from Proto-Germanic *bredą, an e-grade byform of *burdą (“board, plank”). Cognate with Old English bred and Yiddish ברעט (bret).
aile: Brett vor dem Kopf, Brettchen, dicker Bretter bohren, ein Brett vor dem Kopf haben, einen Stein im Brett haben
Die Fenster des verlassenen Hauses waren alle mit Brettern vernagelt.
a musical composition considered great; a banger · someone very skilled at something; a whiz · something great or powerful (often with endearingly cheesy connotations)