bröckelig
German, adjective[ˈbʁœkəlɪç]
bröckelig is spelled B-R-Ö-C-K-E-L-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bröckelig is a German adjective meaning “crumbly, friable, brittle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus kleinen Stücken bestehend und deshalb zum Zerfall neigend, zu Bröckchen zerfallend”.
What does bröckelig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
crumbly, friable, brittle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aus kleinen Stücken bestehend und deshalb zum Zerfall neigend, zu Bröckchen zerfallend
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 bröckelig
- bröckeliger masculine nominative singular
- am bröckeligsten superlative
- bröckelige feminine nominative singular
- bröckeliges neuter nominative singular
- bröckeligen genitive masculine singular
- bröckeligem dative masculine singular
- der bröckelige definite includes-article masculine
- die bröckelige definite feminine includes-article
- das bröckelige definite includes-article neuter
- die bröckeligen definite includes-article nominative
- des bröckeligen definite genitive includes-article
- der bröckeligen definite feminine genitive
- dem bröckeligen dative definite includes-article
- bröcklig variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bröckelig?
- [ˈbʁœkəlɪç]
- [ˈbʁœkəlɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bröckelig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bröckelig in German?
bröckelig appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).