Brack
[bʁak]
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
- bossa
bossa
33,940 corpus weight
- boyfriend
boyfriend
33,939 corpus weight
- Brack
Brack
33,938 corpus weight
- Brandstiftu…
Brandstiftungen
33,937 corpus weight
- brauchbarer
brauchbarer
33,936 corpus weight
- Braunschwei…
Braunschweigs
33,935 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Brack“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brack |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bʁak] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,063 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Brack“ im Deutschen
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
- 1kleiner See oder Tümpel, der durch das Fluten einer tiefen Auskolkung aufgrund eines Deichbruchs (während einer Sturmflut) entstanden ist
- 2Tümpel, der sich aus Brackwasser gebildet hat
- 3ein durch Begradigung des Flusses abgetrennter Arm mit stehendem Wasser
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Brack appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bracks, bei Deichbruch entstandene Teiche, stehen im Mittelpunkt einer 40 Kilometer langen, ökologischen Stadtrundfahrt durch Vierlanden, die der ADFC am morgigen Sonntag veranstaltet.“
„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.[…]‘“
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.
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