Breve
German, noun/bʁeːvə/
Breve is spelled B-R-E-V-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 74,397th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Breve is a German neuter noun meaning “breve (semicircular diacritical mark)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “diakritisches Zeichen, das besondere Aussprache – meist Kürze – des Buchstabens angibt”.
What does Breve mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbreve (semicircular diacritical mark)
- 2
neuterpapal brief
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. diakritisches Zeichen, das besondere Aussprache – meist Kürze – des Buchstabens angibt 2. kurzer päpstlicher Erlass
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 Breve
- Breves genitive
- Breven plural
- Brevis variant
- ˘ symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Breve?
- /bʁeːvə/
- [ˈbʁeːvə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Breve
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Breve in German?
Breve 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).