bruuche

From Old High German brūhhan, from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną (“to make use of, employ, use, consume”). Cognate with German brauchen, Dutch bruiken, English brook.

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /ˈbruːxə/

bruuche (third-person singular simple present bruucht, past participle pruucht, auxiliary haa)

1. to use
   • 1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):

     Si würded also säge, Lüt, wo mer bruche chönd.

     So, the type of people we could use, would you say?

2. to use up
3. to need