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brennend

German, adjective/ˈbʁɛnənt/

brennend is spelled B-R-E-N-N-E-N-D (8 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brennend is a German adjective meaning “blazing, flaming, burning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of brennen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Feuer in Kontakt sein, in Flammen stehend”.

What does brennend mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    blazing, flaming, burning

verb

  1. 1

    present participle of brennen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. mit Feuer in Kontakt sein, in Flammen stehend 2. Beschreibung für ein sehr schmerzendes Gefühl auf der Haut oder einer Schleimhaut, beispielsweise bei einer Verletzung 3. sehr wichtig; jemanden in seinem Geist / gedanklich intensiv beschäftigend

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 brennend

  • brennender masculine nominative singular
  • am brennendsten superlative
  • brennende feminine nominative singular
  • brennendes neuter nominative singular
  • brennenden genitive masculine singular
  • brennendem dative masculine singular
  • der brennende definite includes-article masculine
  • die brennende definite feminine includes-article
  • das brennende definite includes-article neuter
  • die brennenden definite includes-article nominative
  • des brennenden definite genitive includes-article
  • der brennenden definite feminine genitive
  • dem brennenden dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce brennend?

  • /ˈbʁɛnənt/
  • [ˈbʁɛnənt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to brennend

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is brennend in German?

brennend appears 1.4 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).

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