braun
German, adjective
braun is spelled B-R-A-U-N (5 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written German, the 2,547th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Braun is a German adjective meaning “brown” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Braun is a different word: “brown (color)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine erdige Farbe habend, in der Farbe von additiv dunklen Mischungen aus Gelb, Rot und Grün in…”.
What does braun mean in English?
adjective
- 1
brown
brauner Zucker
- 2
tan (skin, due to sun exposure)
- 3
of the Nazi party and organisations (due to the brown SA uniform)
- 4
derogatoryof the political right, especially the far right
noun
- 1
neuterbrown (color)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine erdige Farbe habend, in der Farbe von additiv dunklen Mischungen aus Gelb, Rot und Grün in unterschiedlichen Anteilen 2. dunkel (auf die Hautfarbe bezogen) 3. dem rechten politischen Rand zugehörig, auf diesen bezogen
noun: 1. durch starke Abdunklung von Orange oder Rot entstehender Farbton, etwa als Mischfarbe, Malfarbe, Streichfarbe
noun: 1. Mischung aus Gips und Seife, die bei der Blattgoldherstellung verwendet wird
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 braun
- brauner masculine nominative singular
- bräuner colloquial comparative
- am braunsten superlative
- am bräunsten colloquial superlative
- braune feminine nominative singular
- braunes neuter nominative singular
- braunen genitive masculine singular
- braunem dative masculine singular
- der braune definite includes-article masculine
- die braune definite feminine includes-article
- das braune definite includes-article neuter
- die braunen definite includes-article nominative
- des braunen definite genitive includes-article
- der braunen definite feminine genitive
- dem braunen dative definite includes-article
- brn. abbreviation
- Brauns nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to braun
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is braun in German?
braun appears 32 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).