bronchial
[bʁɔnˈçi̯aːl]
The verdict
“bronchial” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Bronchien betreffend, zu den Bronchien gehörend
Corpus desk
Index DE-bronchial · bronchial · German
bronchial · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bronchial |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bʁɔnˈçi̯aːl] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bronchial“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bronchial is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bʁɔnˈçi̯aːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Bronchien betreffend, zu den Bronchien gehörend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for bronchial in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is bronchial, spelled B-R-O-N-C-H-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1die Bronchien betreffend, zu den Bronchien gehörend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bronchial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Säuglinge sollen deshalb geimpft werden. Empfohlen wird dies auch für Senioren über 60 und Menschen, die chronisch an Asthma leiden oder bronchiale Erkrankungen infolge eines Herzfehlers oder eines Nierenschadens haben.“
„Die von Likar eingereichte Studie fühlte der Wirksamkeit eines in der Palliativmedizin international häufig eingesetzten Medikaments auf den Zahn: Scopolamin-Hydrobromicum wird bei bronchialem Lungenrasseln eingesetzt, an dem u. a. 43 bis 92 Prozent der Krebspatienten im Endstadium leiden.“
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This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.