Brief
German, noun/ˈbʁiːf/
Brief is spelled B-R-I-E-F (5 letters) and appears 51 times per million words in written German, the 1,666th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brief is a German masculine noun meaning “letter (written message)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “geschriebene, verschlossene Mitteilung, die (meist gegen Bezahlung) per Post oder Boten verschickt wird”.
What does Brief mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineletter (written message)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. geschriebene, verschlossene Mitteilung, die (meist gegen Bezahlung) per Post oder Boten verschickt wird
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 Brief
- Briefes genitive
- Briefs genitive
- Briefe plural
- Briefchen diminutive neuter
- Brieflein diminutive neuter
- Brieferl diminutive neuter
- Briefen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Brief?
- /ˈbʁiːf/
- [bʁiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Brief
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Brief in German?
Brief appears 51 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).