# break

> German word · Verb · IPA [breɪk] · frequency rank #11,619

## Definitions
1. brechen; kaputt gehen
2. zerbrechen; zerstören; kaputt machen
3. (Regel, Rekord, etc.) brechen; schlagen
4. (Geld) wechseln

## Easily confused with
- **Brei** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/break-vs-brei)
- **breit** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/break-vs-breit)
- **Brian** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/break-vs-brian)
- **Brett** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/break-vs-brett)
- **brent** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/break-vs-brent)
- **brock** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/break-vs-brock)
- **brink** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/break-vs-brink)
- **brick** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/break-vs-brick)
- **brenn** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/break-vs-brenn)
- **Brest** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/break-vs-brest)
- **Brenz** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/break-vs-brenz)
- **bureau** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/break-vs-bureau)
- **breath** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/break-vs-breath)
- **bea** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/bea-vs-break)
- **BAK** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/bak-vs-break)
- **bra** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/bra-vs-break)
- **brav** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/brav-vs-break)
- **beat** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/beat-vs-break)
- **bear** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/bear-vs-break)
- **bean** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/bean-vs-break)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbreak`, `berak`, `braek`, `breakk`, `breka`, `brreak`, `rbeak`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/break