Brausen

[ˈbʁaʊ̯zn̩]

/[ˈbʁaʊ̯zn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Brausen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #57,728 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#57,728
frequency rank, German
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - von einem starken Wind verursachtes Geräusch

Key facts for Brausen
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrausen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʁaʊ̯zn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#57,728
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Brausen” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Brausen lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Brausen is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbʁaʊ̯zn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #57,728 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

Synonyms

Rauschen

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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Using “Brausen”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-R-A-U-S-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈbʁaʊ̯zn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list