brüchige

[ˈbʁʏçɪɡə]

/[ˈbʁʏçɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“brüchige” is uncommon German (frequency #77,784 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,784
frequency rank, German
72,680
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brüchig

Key facts for brüchige
PropertyValue
Headwordbrüchige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈbʁʏçɪɡə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#77,784
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “brüchige” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). brüchige lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brüchige is uncommon German at frequency #77,784 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈbʁʏçɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for brüchige in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is brüchige, spelled B-R-Ü-C-H-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brüchig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brüchig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brüchig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brüchig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brüchig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brüchig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brüchig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brüchig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brüchig

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 "brüchige"?
"brüchige" is spelled B-R-Ü-C-H-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁʏçɪɡə].
What does "brüchige" mean?
As an adjective, "brüchige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brüchig
How do you pronounce "brüchige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brüchige" is [ˈbʁʏçɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brüchige" come from?
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Using “brüchige”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-R-Ü-C-H-I-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈbʁʏçɪɡə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list