abbruchreif
German, adjective[ˈapbʁʊxˌʁaɪ̯f]
abbruchreif is spelled A-B-B-R-U-C-H-R-E-I-F (11 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 348,070th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abbruchreif is a German adjective meaning “ramshackle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in so schlechtem Zustand, dass ein Abbruch, Abriss zweckmäßig ist; nicht mehr zu sanieren”.
What does abbruchreif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ramshackle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in so schlechtem Zustand, dass ein Abbruch, Abriss zweckmäßig ist; nicht mehr zu sanieren
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abbruchreif
- abbruchreifer masculine nominative singular
- am abbruchreifsten superlative
- abbruchreife feminine nominative singular
- abbruchreifes neuter nominative singular
- abbruchreifen genitive masculine singular
- abbruchreifem dative masculine singular
- der abbruchreife definite includes-article masculine
- die abbruchreife definite feminine includes-article
- das abbruchreife definite includes-article neuter
- die abbruchreifen definite includes-article nominative
- des abbruchreifen definite genitive includes-article
- der abbruchreifen definite feminine genitive
- dem abbruchreifen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abbruchreif?
- [ˈapbʁʊxˌʁaɪ̯f]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abbruchreif in German?
abbruchreif appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).