Briefen
German, noun[ˈbʁiːfn̩]
Briefen is spelled B-R-I-E-F-E-N (7 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written German, the 12,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Briefen is a German masculine noun meaning “dative plural of Brief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Briefen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Brief
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden in etwas einweisen, jemanden instruieren
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 Briefen
- briefe present
- briefst present
- brieft present
- briefte past
- brief! imperative singular
- briefe! imperative singular
- brieft! imperative plural
- gebrieft participle-2 perfect
- haben auxiliary perfect
- gebrieft haben active infinitive perfect
- gebrieft werden processual-passive infinitive present
- gebrieft worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- gebrieft sein statal-passive infinitive present
- gebrieft gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
- zu briefen active extended infinitive
- gebrieft zu haben active extended infinitive
- gebrieft zu werden processual-passive extended infinitive
- gebrieft worden zu sein processual-passive extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Briefen?
- [ˈbʁiːfn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Briefen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Briefen in German?
Briefen appears 4.7 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).