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Braunbär

German, noun/ˈbraʊ̯nˌbɛːr/

Braunbär is spelled B-R-A-U-N-B-Ä-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Braunbär is a German masculine noun meaning “brown bear (Ursus arctos)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Raubtierart aus der Familie der Bären”.

What does Braunbär mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebrown bear (Ursus arctos)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. eine Raubtierart aus der Familie der Bären

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 Braunbär

  • Braunbären genitive
  • Braunbärs genitive informal
  • Braunbärin feminine

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Braunbär?

  • /ˈbraʊ̯nˌbɛːr/
  • [ˈbʁaʊ̯nˌbɛ(ː)ɐ̯]
  • [-ˌbeːɐ̯]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Braunbär in German?

Braunbär appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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