brach
German, adjective/braːx/
brach is spelled B-R-A-C-H (5 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written German, the 4,201st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brach is a German adjective meaning “fallow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular preterite of brechen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(in Bezug auf Bodenflächen) ungenutzt, leer”.
What does brach mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fallow
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of brechen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. (in Bezug auf Bodenflächen) ungenutzt, leer
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 brach
- bracher masculine nominative singular
- brache feminine nominative singular
- braches neuter nominative singular
- brachen genitive masculine singular
- brachem dative masculine singular
- der brache definite includes-article masculine
- die brache definite feminine includes-article
- das brache definite includes-article neuter
- die brachen definite includes-article nominative
- des brachen definite genitive includes-article
- der brachen definite feminine genitive
- dem brachen dative definite includes-article
- den brachen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brach?
- /braːx/
- [bʁaːχ]
- [bʁaːx]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brach
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brach in German?
brach appears 19 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).