Brei
German, noun/bʁaɪ̯/
Brei is spelled B-R-E-I (4 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written German, the 15,332nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brei is a German masculine noun meaning “mash; mush; porridge; any semisolid food” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dickflüssige gekochte Speise”.
What does Brei mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemash; mush; porridge; any semisolid food
- 2
masculinemilk pudding with chewable pieces in it, such as rice pudding, semolina pudding, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dickflüssige gekochte Speise
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 Brei
- Breis genitive
- Breies genitive
- Breie plural
- Breien dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Brei?
- /bʁaɪ̯/
- [bʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Brei
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Brei in German?
Brei appears 3.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).