Branntwein
[ˈbʁantˌvaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Branntwein” is uncommon German (frequency #64,131 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,131
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein ursprünglich nur aus Wein, später aber auch aus anderen vergorenen Flüssigkeiten durch Destillation hergestelltes Getränk mit hohem Alkoholgehalt
Corpus desk
Index DE-branntwein · Branntwein · German
Branntwein · rank #64,131 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,131
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Brandmeldeanl…
Nearest frequency peer: Brandmeldeanlage (-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 „Branntwein“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Bombardemen…
Bombardements
35,874 corpus weight
- boomen
boomen
35,873 corpus weight
- booty
booty
35,872 corpus weight
- Brandmeldea…
Brandmeldeanlage
35,871 corpus weight
- Branntwein
Branntwein
35,870 corpus weight
- Bremervörde
Bremervörde
35,868 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Branntwein“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Branntwein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁantˌvaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #64,131 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Branntwein“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Branntwein is uncommon German at frequency #64,131 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁantˌvaɪ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein ursprünglich nur aus Wein, später aber auch aus anderen vergorenen Flüssigkeiten durch Destillation hergestelltes Getränk mit hohem Alkoholgehalt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Branntwein, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Branntwein, spelled B-R-A-N-N-T-W-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1ein ursprünglich nur aus Wein, später aber auch aus anderen vergorenen Flüssigkeiten durch Destillation hergestelltes Getränk mit hohem Alkoholgehalt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Branntwein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du sollst nicht immer so viel Branntwein trinken!
Mit Fortfall dieser Bestimmung ab 1942 hat sich der Verbrauch von Branntwein zu gewerblichen Zwecken dem für Trinkzwecke wieder genähert.
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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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