brumm
[bʁʊm]
The verdict
“brumm” is uncommon German (frequency #61,375 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,375
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Laut, der beim Nachahmen eines Motorengeräusches entsteht.
Corpus desk
Index DE-brumm · brumm · German
brumm · rank #61,375 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,375
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Brittany
Nearest frequency peer: Brittany (-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 „brumm“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- brainstormi…
brainstorming
38,632 corpus weight
- breitesten
breitesten
38,630 corpus weight
- Brittany
Brittany
38,627 corpus weight
- brumm
brumm
38,626 corpus weight
- Buchweizen
Buchweizen
38,625 corpus weight
- Burgberg
Burgberg
38,623 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „brumm“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brumm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [bʁʊm] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,375 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „brumm“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
brumm is uncommon German at frequency #61,375 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [bʁʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for brumm, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is brumm, spelled B-R-U-M-M.
Definition
- 1Laut, der beim Nachahmen eines Motorengeräusches entsteht.
- 2Laut, der beim Nachahmen eines Bärens entsteht.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brumm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Brumm! fuhr das Auto los.
„Brumm, brumm, brumm – Paris ist ziemlich dumm.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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