braaien
[ˈbʁaɪ̯ən]
The verdict
“braaien” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (im Freien zumeist in geselliger Runde) etwas bei offener Hitze auf dem Rost garen
Corpus desk
Index DE-braaien · braaien · German
braaien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | braaien |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbʁaɪ̯ən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „braaien“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
braaien is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbʁaɪ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(im Freien zumeist in geselliger Runde) etwas bei offener Hitze auf dem Rost garen".
No misspelling variants are generated for braaien in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is braaien, spelled B-R-A-A-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1(im Freien zumeist in geselliger Runde) etwas bei offener Hitze auf dem Rost garen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how braaien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Möglichkeit selbst zu kochen oder zu braaien wird es nur noch auf dem Camping-Platz geben, wie Snyders erklärt.“
„Wir wollten ein schönes Wochenende haben, bisschen draußen braaien.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.