Bruch
German, noun/bʁʊx/
Bruch is spelled B-R-U-C-H (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bruch is a German masculine noun meaning “break, breaking, breach, fracture, rupture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das körperliche Brechen, Zertrennen eines Gegenstandes; Materials; der Ort des Brechens; ein…”.
What does Bruch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebreak, breaking, breach, fracture, rupture
- 2
masculinefraction
- 3
masculinefracture (of a bone)
- 4
masculinehernia
sich einen Bruch heben
- 5
masculine(to) excess, very much
sich einen Bruch lachen
- 6
masculineslangellipsis of Einbruch (“break-in”)
noun
- 1
masculineneuterswamp; wet, swampy land with trees and bushes, which if drained becomes suitable for grazing animals on
noun
- 1
feminineobsoletepair of hose, leggings, pants, trousers
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das körperliche Brechen, Zertrennen eines Gegenstandes; Materials; der Ort des Brechens; ein Auseinandergehen, Trennen im weitesten Sinne von Gegenständen, Materialien, Verbindungen, Zusammenschlüssen 2. eine Knochenfraktur bei Menschen und Tieren 3. ein Eingeweidebruch bei Menschen und Tieren 4. ein Nichteinhalten einer Vereinbarung, Vertrages, Übereinkunft
noun: 1. ein baumbestandenes Sumpf- oder Überflutungsgelände
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 Bruch
- Bruches genitive
- Bruchs genitive
- Brüche plural
- Bruche dative singular
- Brüchen dative definite plural
- Brücher neuter plural
- Brüchern dative definite plural
- Bruchen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bruch?
- /bʁʊx/
- /bʁuːx/
- [bʁʊx]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bruch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bruch in German?
Bruch appears 11 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).