brüllten

[ˈbʁʏltn̩]

/[ˈbʁʏltn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“brüllten” is uncommon German (frequency #86,304 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,304
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs brüllen

Corpus desk

Index DE-brullten · brüllten · German

brüllten · rank #86,304 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,304
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bruttoeinkomm…

Nearest frequency peer: Bruttoeinkommen (-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 „brüllten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for brüllten
PropertyValue
Headwordbrüllten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbʁʏltn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#86,304
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „brüllten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.brülltenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bruttoeinkommen“ (#86,303), „Buchpreisbindung“ (#86,305), „Brussels“ (#86,302). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „brüllten“ bei #86,304. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brüllten is uncommon German at frequency #86,304 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbʁʏltn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for brüllten, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 brüllten, spelled B-R-Ü-L-L-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs brüllen
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs brüllen
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs brüllen
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs brüllen

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 "brüllten"?
"brüllten" is spelled B-R-Ü-L-L-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁʏltn̩].
What does "brüllten" mean?
As a verb, "brüllten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs brüllen
How do you pronounce "brüllten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brüllten" is [ˈbʁʏltn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brüllten" come from?
"brüllten" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Brussels#86,302Bäckerin#86,315chromium#86,328bettelte#86,277

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list