Brandmauer
[ˈbʁantˌmaʊ̯ɐ]
The verdict
“Brandmauer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - feuerbeständige Mauer zwischen Gebäuden oder Gebäudeteilen, die das Übergreifen von Feuer und Rauch verhindern soll
Corpus desk
Index DE-brandmauer · Brandmauer · German
Brandmauer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Brandmauer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁantˌmaʊ̯ɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Brandmauer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Brandmauer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁantˌmaʊ̯ɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Brandmauer in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Brandmauer, spelled B-R-A-N-D-M-A-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1feuerbeständige Mauer zwischen Gebäuden oder Gebäudeteilen, die das Übergreifen von Feuer und Rauch verhindern soll
- 2Abgrenzung gegenüber unerwünschten politischen (meist extremen oder radikalen) Kräften, die eine Zusammenarbeit, Einflussnahme oder Verbreitung von deren Zielen verhindern soll
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Brandmauer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Brandmauer wird meist 30 cm über das Dach geführt.
„Im Zusammenhang mit dem Umbau des Hauses 1871 […] ließ Luise Lehfeldt an der südwestlichen Ecke an der Brandmauer zur Matthäikirchstraße 4 ein provisorisches Atelier für Meyerheim erstellen.“
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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.