Brücke

/ ˈbrykə /

noun

1. die Brücke
   a group of German Expressionist painters (1905–13), including Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. In 1912 they exhibited with der Blaue Reiter

Word History and Origins

Origin of Brücke¹

German: literally, the bridge

Example Sentences

Among Mr. Rowland’s high-profile successes was the 2006 recovery of “Berlin Street Scene,” a 1913 painting by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, from the Brücke Museum in Berlin.

From New York Times

Ms. Spellman is a veteran of the fair, but there are several first-timers, including Neue Alte Brücke of Frankfurt, Germany, and Derosia of New York.

From New York Times

Das Video, das wir unter der Brücke aufgenommen haben, zeigt die Evakuierung des verletzten Kollegen.

From Washington Post

A bright landscape with nudes by Max Pechstein, a painter of the Expressionist group Die Brücke, was seized from the Paris home of Hugo Simon and only returned to his heirs this year.

From New York Times

Langford has apparently been trying to figure out what the device does, but so has Nazi occultist Dr. Wilhelm Brücke.

From The Verge