Brack

[bʁak]

/[bʁak]/ noun

The verdict

“Brack” is uncommon German (frequency #66,063 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,063
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner See oder Tümpel, der durch das Fluten einer tiefen Auskolkung aufgrund eines Deichbruchs (während einer Sturmflut) entstanden ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-brack · Brack · German

Brack · rank #66,063 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,063
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH boyfriend

Nearest frequency peer: boyfriend (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Brack“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Brack“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Brack
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrack
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bʁak]
Letters5
Frequency rank#66,063
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Brack“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Brackfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „boyfriend“ (#66,062), „Brandstiftungen“ (#66,064), „bossa“ (#66,061). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Brack“ bei #66,063. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Brack is uncommon German at frequency #66,063 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bʁak]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Brack has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Brack, spelled B-R-A-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleiner See oder Tümpel, der durch das Fluten einer tiefen Auskolkung aufgrund eines Deichbruchs (während einer Sturmflut) entstanden ist
  2. 2
    Tümpel, der sich aus Brackwasser gebildet hat
  3. 3
    ein durch Begradigung des Flusses abgetrennter Arm mit stehendem Wasser

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Brack appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Bracks, bei Deichbruch entstandene Teiche, stehen im Mittelpunkt einer 40 Kilometer langen, ökologischen Stadtrundfahrt durch Vierlanden, die der ADFC am morgigen Sonntag veranstaltet.“
  2. „Aufgrund des hohen Grundwasserspiegels würde sich die Fläche mit Wasser füllen und ein künstliches Brack entstehen. Günther Jelonnek ist der Initiator dieses Projekts und meint: ‚Mit der Elbtalaue, dem künstlichen Brack und dem Rudower See hätte die Stadt einen richtigen Wasserkomplex.[…]‘“

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Brack"?
"Brack" is spelled B-R-A-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [bʁak].
What does "Brack" mean?
As a noun, "Brack" means: kleiner See oder Tümpel, der durch das Fluten einer tiefen Auskolkung aufgrund eines Deichbruchs (während einer Sturmflut) entstanden ist
How do you pronounce "Brack"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Brack" is [bʁak]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Brack" come from?
"Brack" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Brack", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list