Anbruch
[ˈanˌbʁʊx]
The verdict
“Anbruch” is uncommon German (frequency #55,114 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,114
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zeitliche Definition im Sinne von Beginn, zum Beispiel einer Tageszeit oder eines Zeitalters
Corpus desk
Index DE-anbruch · Anbruch · German
Anbruch · rank #55,114 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,114
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH anbinden
Nearest frequency peer: anbinden (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Anbruch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Amtskollegen
Amtskollegen
44,890 corpus weight
- anbinden
anbinden
44,888 corpus weight
- Anbruch
Anbruch
44,887 corpus weight
- Andachten
Andachten
44,886 corpus weight
- andauernder
andauernder
44,885 corpus weight
- anführte
anführte
44,884 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Anbruch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Anbruch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈanˌbʁʊx] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,114 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Anbruch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Anbruch is uncommon German at frequency #55,114 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈanˌbʁʊx]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Anbruch, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Anbruch, spelled A-N-B-R-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1zeitliche Definition im Sinne von Beginn, zum Beispiel einer Tageszeit oder eines Zeitalters
- 2erstmaliges Öffnen eines befüllten und verschlossenen Behältnisses
- 3im Bergbau übliche Bezeichnung der Stelle, an der eine Lagerstätte angetroffen wird, speziell auch einen bloßgelegten Erzgang
- 4morsch gewordenes und nicht mehr beilfestes Holz, angefaultes Holz
- 5beschädigte Stelle, die zur Zerstörung führen kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Anbruch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Sonnenaufgang kennzeichnet den Anbruch eines neuen Tages.
„Zwei Jahrhunderte lang, seit Anbruch des Industriezeitalters, wurde das Revier durchbuddelt und durchfurcht.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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