Brno
[ˈbr̩nɔ]
The verdict
“Brno” is uncommon German (frequency #81,364 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,364
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in Tschechien, größte Stadt in Mähren (ehemalige Hauptstadt von Mähren); Brünn
Corpus desk
Index DE-brno · Brno · German
Brno · rank #81,364 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,364
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Brokers
Nearest frequency peer: Brokers (+2 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 „Brno“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- bloggt
bloggt
18,643 corpus weight
- Blutkrebs
Blutkrebs
18,641 corpus weight
- bolschewist…
bolschewistischen
18,640 corpus weight
- Brno
Brno
18,637 corpus weight
- Brokers
Brokers
18,635 corpus weight
- Buchkunst
Buchkunst
18,632 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Brno“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brno |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈbr̩nɔ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #81,364 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Brno“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Brno is uncommon German at frequency #81,364 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈbr̩nɔ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt in Tschechien, größte Stadt in Mähren (ehemalige Hauptstadt von Mähren); Brünn".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Brno, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Brno, spelled B-R-N-O.
Definition
- 1Stadt in Tschechien, größte Stadt in Mähren (ehemalige Hauptstadt von Mähren); Brünn
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Brno appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Brno je druhým největším městem České republiky.
„Tohle se snad může stát jen v Brně, říkají si nejspíš cestující i kolemjdoucí, které baví nový přístřešek na zastávce Osová v brněnské části Starý Lískovec. Dopravní podnik ho totiž postavil přímo pod mostem a sám připouští, že umístění přístřešku příliš nedává smysl.“
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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