Brandfall
[ˈbʁantˌfal]
The verdict
“Brandfall” is uncommon German (frequency #69,068 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,068
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Situation, in der ein Feuer ausgebrochen ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-brandfall · Brandfall · German
Brandfall · rank #69,068 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,068
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH breiteten
Nearest frequency peer: breiteten (+2 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 „Brandfall“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- booms
booms
30,937 corpus weight
- bottle
bottle
30,936 corpus weight
- Brandfall
Brandfall
30,933 corpus weight
- breiteten
breiteten
30,931 corpus weight
- brevis
brevis
30,930 corpus weight
- broadcasting
broadcasting
30,929 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Brandfall“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brandfall |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁantˌfal] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,068 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Brandfall“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Brandfall is uncommon German at frequency #69,068 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁantˌfal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Situation, in der ein Feuer ausgebrochen ist".
Brandfall 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Brandfall, spelled B-R-A-N-D-F-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1Situation, in der ein Feuer ausgebrochen ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Brandfall appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sehen Sie sich beim Betreten des Gebäudes die Fluchtwege an, damit Sie diese im Brandfall schnell und sicher finden!“
„Warnen Sie Ihre Mitarbeiter und sonstige Personen und bedenken Sie, dass Festnetztelefone im Brandfall außer Betrieb sein könnten. “
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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