bruchstückhaft

[ˈbʁʊxʃtʏkhaft]

/[ˈbʁʊxʃtʏkhaft]/ adj

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The verdict

“bruchstückhaft” is uncommon German (frequency #88,733 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,733
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nur in Fragmenten vorhanden

Corpus desk

Index DE-bruchstuckhaft · bruchstückhaft · German

bruchstückhaft · rank #88,733 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,733
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bruchstücken

Nearest frequency peer: Bruchstücken (-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 „bruchstückhaft“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bruchstückhaft
PropertyValue
Headwordbruchstückhaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈbʁʊxʃtʏkhaft]
Letters14
Frequency rank#88,733
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bruchstückhaft“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).bruchstückhaftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bruchstücken“ (#88,732), „Bruchteile“ (#88,734), „Bruchbude“ (#88,731). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bruchstückhaft“ bei #88,733. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bruchstückhaft is uncommon German at frequency #88,733 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈbʁʊxʃtʏkhaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nur in Fragmenten vorhanden".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bruchstückhaft, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is bruchstückhaft, spelled B-R-U-C-H-S-T-Ü-C-K-H-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    nur in Fragmenten vorhanden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Geruchswahrnehmung ist ein sehr komplexer Mechanismus, der bisher nur bruchstückhaft erforscht ist.“
  2. „Da Pflanzen-Fossilien in der Regel nur bruchstückhaft erhalten sind, werden in der Paläobotanik meist nur bestimmte Pflanzenorgane (Blätter, Holz, Wurzeln, Blüten, Samen, Pollen usw.) oder sogar nur bestimmte Erhaltungszustände […] mit einem Artnamen versehen ("Organart", "Organgattung"; Organgattung).“

Antonyms

vollständig

This word in other languages

fragmentary(English)fragmentaria(Español)fragmentaire(Français)

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 "bruchstückhaft"?
"bruchstückhaft" is spelled B-R-U-C-H-S-T-Ü-C-K-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁʊxʃtʏkhaft].
What does "bruchstückhaft" mean?
As an adjective, "bruchstückhaft" means: nur in Fragmenten vorhanden
How do you pronounce "bruchstückhaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bruchstückhaft" is [ˈbʁʊxʃtʏkhaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bruchstückhaft" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Briefumschläge#88,729Berufskollegen#88,697Bandgeschichte#88,676Ausgangspunkte#88,666

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list