brook

[brʊk]

/[brʊk]/ noun

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The verdict

“brook” is uncommon German (frequency #54,406 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,406
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bach

Corpus desk

Index DE-brook · brook · German

brook · rank #54,406 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,406
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH britischem

Nearest frequency peer: britischem (-1 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 „brook“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „brook“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for brook
PropertyValue
Headwordbrook
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[brʊk]
Letters5
Frequency rank#54,406
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „brook“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).brookfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „britischem“ (#54,405), „Bruxelles“ (#54,407), „Breyer“ (#54,404). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „brook“ bei #54,406. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brook is uncommon German at frequency #54,406 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [brʊk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bach".

brook has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is brook, spelled B-R-O-O-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bach

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how brook appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "A brook is a small stream."

Synonyms

creek

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brook"?
"brook" is spelled B-R-O-O-K. The IPA pronunciation is [brʊk].
What does "brook" mean?
As a noun, "brook" means: Bach
How do you pronounce "brook"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brook" is [brʊk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brook" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "brook", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list