Brennnessel

/[ˈbʁɛnˌnɛsl̩]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#85,048

in German word usage

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Brennnessel is aGermannoun. It means: Pflanze, bei der die Blätter und der Stängel mit Haaren besetzt sind, die bei Berührung eine auf der Haut brennende Flüssigkeit (Ameisensäure) abgeben Pronounced [ˈbʁɛnˌnɛsl̩].

Key facts for Brennnessel
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrennnessel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʁɛnˌnɛsl̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#85,048
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Brennnessel in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Brennnessel is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbʁɛnˌnɛsl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #85,048 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pflanze, bei der die Blätter und der Stängel mit Haaren besetzt sind, die bei Berührung eine auf der Haut brennende Flüssigkeit (Ameisensäure) abgeben".

No misspelling variants are generated for Brennnessel in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Brennnessel, spelled B-R-E-N-N-N-E-S-S-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    Pflanze, bei der die Blätter und der Stängel mit Haaren besetzt sind, die bei Berührung eine auf der Haut brennende Flüssigkeit (Ameisensäure) abgeben

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Frequency rank: #85,048 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Brennnessel"?
"Brennnessel" is spelled B-R-E-N-N-N-E-S-S-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁɛnˌnɛsl̩].
What does "Brennnessel" mean?
As a noun, "Brennnessel" means: Pflanze, bei der die Blätter und der Stängel mit Haaren besetzt sind, die bei Berührung eine auf der Haut brennende Flüssigkeit (Ameisensäure) abgeben
How do you pronounce "Brennnessel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Brennnessel" is [ˈbʁɛnˌnɛsl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Brennnessel" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.