Brauch
German, noun
Brauch is spelled B-R-A-U-C-H (6 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written German, the 2,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brauch is a German masculine noun meaning “custom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, brauch is a different word: “singular imperative of brauchen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “übliche oder traditionelle Verhaltensweise in einer Gesellschaft”.
What does Brauch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecustom
Bei uns ist es Brauch, die Braut über die Schwelle zu tragen.
verb
- 1
singular imperative of brauchen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of brauchen
- 3
colloquialthird-person singular present of brauchen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. übliche oder traditionelle Verhaltensweise in einer Gesellschaft 2. das Benutzen, Verwenden einer Sache zu ihrem Zweck, das Gebrauchen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Brauch
- Brauches genitive
- Brauchs genitive
- Bräuche plural
- Brauche dative singular
- Bräuchen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Brauch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Brauch in German?
Brauch appears 30 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).