brummte

[ˈbʁʊmtə]

/[ˈbʁʊmtə]/ verb

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The verdict

“brummte” is uncommon German (frequency #86,301 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,301
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-brummte · brummte · German

brummte · rank #86,301 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,301
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH brought

Nearest frequency peer: brought (-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 „brummte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for brummte
PropertyValue
Headwordbrummte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbʁʊmtə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#86,301
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „brummte“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „brought“ (#86,300), „Brussels“ (#86,302), „Breitengraden“ (#86,299). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „brummte“ bei #86,301. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brummte is uncommon German at frequency #86,301 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbʁʊmtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for brummte in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is brummte, spelled B-R-U-M-M-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs brummen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs brummen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs brummen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs brummen

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 "brummte"?
"brummte" is spelled B-R-U-M-M-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁʊmtə].
What does "brummte" mean?
As a verb, "brummte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs brummen
How do you pronounce "brummte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brummte" is [ˈbʁʊmtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

brought#86,300consent#86,336Bergers#86,263bemühst#86,257

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list