brachliegen
[ˈbʁaːxˌliːɡn̩]
The verdict
“brachliegen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ruhen, nicht bearbeitet/bestellt werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-brachliegen · brachliegen · German
brachliegen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | brachliegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbʁaːxˌliːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „brachliegen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
brachliegen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbʁaːxˌliːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for brachliegen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is brachliegen, spelled B-R-A-C-H-L-I-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1ruhen, nicht bearbeitet/bestellt werden
- 2nicht bebaut sein; ungenutzt sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brachliegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Ackerboden erholt sich, wenn er brachliegen kann.
Steigende Bodenpreise können dazu führen, dass Baugrundstücke brachliegen.
Antonyms
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.