Brausen

[ˈbʁaʊ̯zn̩]

/[ˈbʁaʊ̯zn̩]/ noun

The verdict

“Brausen” is uncommon German (frequency #57,728 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,728
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von einem starken Wind verursachtes Geräusch

Corpus desk

Index DE-brausen · Brausen · German

Brausen · rank #57,728 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,728
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Brandts

Nearest frequency peer: Brandts (-2 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 „Brausen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Brausen
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrausen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʁaʊ̯zn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#57,728
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Brausen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Brausenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Brandts“ (#57,726), „breakdance“ (#57,730), „Bradford“ (#57,725). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Brausen“ bei #57,728. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Brausen is uncommon German at frequency #57,728 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁaʊ̯zn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von einem starken Wind verursachtes Geräusch".

Brausen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Brausen, spelled B-R-A-U-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    von einem starken Wind verursachtes Geräusch

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Auch er hört das "Rauschen und Brausen der Bäume" am Waldrand, das Birkenrieseln und das Eschensausen, auch er geht am liebsten "querwaldein", auch er hat ein Gespür für die Zwischenräume und die Saumseligkeiten.“

Synonyms

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 "Brausen"?
"Brausen" is spelled B-R-A-U-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁaʊ̯zn̩].
What does "Brausen" mean?
As a noun, "Brausen" means: von einem starken Wind verursachtes Geräusch
How do you pronounce "Brausen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Brausen" is [ˈbʁaʊ̯zn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Brausen" come from?
"Brausen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list