Brack

/[bʁak]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#66,063

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Brack is aGermannoun. It means: kleiner See oder Tümpel, der durch das Fluten einer tiefen Auskolkung aufgrund eines Deichbruchs (während einer Sturmflut) entstanden ist Pronounced [bʁak].

Key facts for Brack
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrack
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bʁak]
Letters5
Frequency rank#66,063
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Brack in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Brack is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bʁak]. Corpus data places it at rank #66,063 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for Brack in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Brack, spelled B-R-A-C-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #66,063 in German

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.