Brechung
German, noun[ˈbʁɛçʊŋ]
Brechung is spelled B-R-E-C-H-U-N-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brechung is a German feminine noun meaning “refraction (bending of any wave)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Richtungsänderung einer Welle auf Grund einer lokalen Änderung der Brechzahl”.
What does Brechung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerefraction (bending of any wave)
- 2
femininevowel breaking
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Richtungsänderung einer Welle auf Grund einer lokalen Änderung der Brechzahl 2. Bezeichnung für verschiedene Arten von Vokaländerungen aufgrund von Assimilation
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 Brechung
- Brechungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Brechung?
- [ˈbʁɛçʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Brechung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Brechung in German?
Brechung appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).