brachial
German, adjective/bʁaˈxi̯aːl/
brachial is spelled B-R-A-C-H-I-A-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 78,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brachial is a German adjective meaning “fierce, violent, brute, unscrupulous (force, methods, attacks etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zum Oberarm gehörig, den Arm betreffend”.
What does brachial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fierce, violent, brute, unscrupulous (force, methods, attacks etc.)
- 2
arm; brachial (pertaining to the arm)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zum Oberarm gehörig, den Arm betreffend 2. rohe körperliche Gewalt einsetzend, handgreiflich
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 brachial
- brachialer masculine nominative singular
- am brachialsten superlative
- brachiale feminine nominative singular
- brachiales neuter nominative singular
- brachialen genitive masculine singular
- brachialem dative masculine singular
- der brachiale definite includes-article masculine
- die brachiale definite feminine includes-article
- das brachiale definite includes-article neuter
- die brachialen definite includes-article nominative
- des brachialen definite genitive includes-article
- der brachialen definite feminine genitive
- dem brachialen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brachial?
- /bʁaˈxi̯aːl/
- [bʁaχˈjaːl]
- [bʁaˈχjaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brachial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brachial in German?
brachial appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).