Borste
German, noun/ˈbɔrstə/
Borste is spelled B-O-R-S-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 192,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Borste is a German feminine noun meaning “bristle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “steifes und dickes Tierhaar”.
What does Borste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebristle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. steifes und dickes Tierhaar 2. aus Kunststoff oder Pflanzenfasern hergestelltes borstenartiges Material für Bürsten
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 Borste
- Borsten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Borste?
- /ˈbɔrstə/
- [ˈbɔʁs.tə]
- [ˈbɔɐ̯s.tə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Borste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Borste in German?
Borste appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).