bräunen

[ˈbʁɔɪ̯nən]

/[ˈbʁɔɪ̯nən]/ verb

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The verdict

“bräunen” is uncommon German (frequency #91,411 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,411
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas braun einfärben, etwas braun machen

Corpus desk

Index DE-braunen · bräunen · German

bräunen · rank #91,411 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,411
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Buchautorin

Nearest frequency peer: Buchautorin (+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 „bräunen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bräunen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bräunen
PropertyValue
Headwordbräunen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbʁɔɪ̯nən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#91,411
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bräunen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).bräunenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Buchautorin“ (#91,412), „Briesen“ (#91,409), „Buchenholz“ (#91,413). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bräunen“ bei #91,411. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bräunen is uncommon German at frequency #91,411 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbʁɔɪ̯nən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for bräunen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is bräunen, spelled B-R-Ä-U-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas braun einfärben, etwas braun machen
  2. 2
    einer Person eine braune Hautfarbe verschaffen
  3. 3
    (an der Körperoberfläche) braun werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bräunen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Zucker wird zu Karamell gebräunt.
  2. Die Sonne bräunt die Urlauber, die dicht an dicht am Strand liegen.

This word in other languages

brown(English)dorar(Español)bronzer(Français)bronzear(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bräunen"?
"bräunen" is spelled B-R-Ä-U-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁɔɪ̯nən].
What does "bräunen" mean?
As a verb, "bräunen" means: etwas braun einfärben, etwas braun machen
How do you pronounce "bräunen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bräunen" is [ˈbʁɔɪ̯nən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bräunen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bräunen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Briesen#91,409butters#91,422Bläsern#91,397biedere#91,382

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list