Brezn
[ˈbʁeːt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“Brezn” is uncommon German (frequency #95,362 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,362
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - größeres mit grobem Salz (oder Zucker) bestreutes Gebäck, dessen Form dem Buchstaben B ähnelt
Corpus desk
Index DE-brezn · Brezn · German
Brezn · rank #95,362 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,362
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH boxes
Nearest frequency peer: boxes (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Brezn“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Borgholzhau…
Borgholzhausen
4,643 corpus weight
- boxes
boxes
4,640 corpus weight
- Brezn
Brezn
4,639 corpus weight
- Brigittenau
Brigittenau
4,637 corpus weight
- Brindisi
Brindisi
4,636 corpus weight
- brutalsten
brutalsten
4,635 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Brezn“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brezn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁeːt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #95,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Brezn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Brezn is uncommon German at frequency #95,362 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁeːt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "größeres mit grobem Salz (oder Zucker) bestreutes Gebäck, dessen Form dem Buchstaben B ähnelt".
Brezn has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Brezn, spelled B-R-E-Z-N.
Definition
- 1größeres mit grobem Salz (oder Zucker) bestreutes Gebäck, dessen Form dem Buchstaben B ähnelt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Brezn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seehofer überreichte Franziskus einen großen Präsentkorb mit bayerischen Spezialitäten, darunter Bier, Brezn, Griebenschmalz, Würzburger Silvaner, Senf und Obstler.“
„Dass sich das Bundesjustizministerium darum mühte, nicht nur Brezn und Brezen zu schützen, sondern auch die Brez’n, hat einen markenrechtlichen Hintergrund.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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