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Brocke, Brocken, masculine, ‘crumb,’ from the equivalent Middle High German brocke, Old High German broccho, masculine; Gothic *brukka, masculine, for which gabruka, feminine, occurs : formed by gradation from brechen (compare Trotte from treten); derivatives bröckeln, bröckelig.