Brasse
[ˈbʁasə]
The verdict
“Brasse” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bis zu 70 cm langer Karpfenfisch, der in Seen und sehr langsam fließenden Flüssen in Europa und Teilen Asiens lebt
Corpus desk
Index DE-brasse · Brasse · German
Brasse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | Brasse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁasə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Brasse“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Brasse is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁasə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bis zu 70 cm langer Karpfenfisch, der in Seen und sehr langsam fließenden Flüssen in Europa und Teilen Asiens lebt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Brasse in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Brasse, spelled B-R-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1bis zu 70 cm langer Karpfenfisch, der in Seen und sehr langsam fließenden Flüssen in Europa und Teilen Asiens lebt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Brasse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach Malickis Erfahrungen und den jährlichen Dokumentationen der Bestände seien die Arten in den Gewässern gleich geblieben, darunter Barsch, Brasse, Forelle, Hecht, Karpfen, Rotauge und Zander.“
„Als Speisefisch sei die Brasse in der Region nicht absetzbar gewesen.“
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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.