Brautjungfer
German, noun/ˈbʁaʊ̯tˌjʊŋfɐ/
Brautjungfer is spelled B-R-A-U-T-J-U-N-G-F-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brautjungfer is a German feminine noun meaning “bridesmaid (woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “junge, unverheiratete Freundin oder Verwandte der Braut, die diese bei der Hochzeit begleitet und unterstützt”.
What does Brautjungfer mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebridesmaid (woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. junge, unverheiratete Freundin oder Verwandte der Braut, die diese bei der Hochzeit begleitet und unterstützt
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 Brautjungfer
- Brautjungfern plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Brautjungfer?
- /ˈbʁaʊ̯tˌjʊŋfɐ/
- [ˈbʁaʊ̯tˌjʊŋfɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Brautjungfer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Brautjungfer in German?
Brautjungfer appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).