Bretone
[bʁeˈtonə]
The verdict
“Bretone” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bewohner der Bretagne
Corpus desk
Index DE-bretone · Bretone · German
Bretone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bretone |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bʁeˈtonə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bretone“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bretone is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bʁeˈtonə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Bretone in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Bretone, spelled B-R-E-T-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Bewohner der Bretagne
- 2Angehöriger einer keltischen Minderheit im Nordwesten Frankreichs
- 3Pferderasse, die aus der Bretagne stammt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bretone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Bretone kehrt in seine Heimatstadt zurück, nachdem ihm so einiges im Leben schief geraten war.“
„Ein alter Bretone mit dem breitkrempigen Hut, wie ihn nur noch sehr alte Leute tragen, geht staksig zwischen den Grbäbern hin, den Blick auf den Boden gerichtet, als suche er etwas.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.