branden
[ˈbʁandn̩]
The verdict
“branden” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einer gewissen Heftigkeit auf etwas aufprallen, zum Beispiel die Küste oder ein Schiff
Corpus desk
Index DE-branden · branden · German
branden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | branden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbʁandn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „branden“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
branden is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbʁandn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for branden, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is branden, spelled B-R-A-N-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit einer gewissen Heftigkeit auf etwas aufprallen, zum Beispiel die Küste oder ein Schiff
- 2sich mit gewisser Heftigkeit bewegen oder auch mit gewisser Lautstärke ertönen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how branden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An diesem Herbstmorgen branden die Wellen ungestüm gegen den Strand.
Seht hin, Wies brandet, wie es wogt und Wirbel zieht Und alle Wasser aufrührt in der Tiefe.
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.