brausen
German, verb
brausen is spelled B-R-A-U-S-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 57,755th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brausen is a German verb meaning “to make dissonant noise; roar, as done by wind or water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Brausen is a different word: “plural of Brause”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “laute gleichmäßige Geräusche von sich geben”.
What does brausen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make dissonant noise; roar, as done by wind or water
- 2
to drive fast; to race
Das Auto braust über die Autobahn.
- 3
datedto shower
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Brause
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. von einem starken Wind verursachtes Geräusch
verb: 1. laute gleichmäßige Geräusche von sich geben 2. sehr schnell irgendwohin fahren 3. duschen
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 brausen
- braust present singular third-person
- brauste past
- gebraust participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- brausend participle present
- brause first-person indicative present
- brausest second-person singular subjunctive
- brauset plural second-person subjunctive
- brausten first-person indicative plural
- braustest indicative preterite second-person
- braustet indicative plural preterite
- braus imperative second-person singular
- Brausens genitive singular
- brause! imperative singular
- braust! imperative plural
- gebraust sein active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is brausen in German?
brausen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).