Brunft
[bʁʊnft]
The verdict
“Brunft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Paarungszeit insbesondere des Schalenwilds
Corpus desk
Index DE-brunft · Brunft · German
Brunft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brunft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bʁʊnft] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Brunft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Brunft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bʁʊnft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Paarungszeit insbesondere des Schalenwilds".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Brunft, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Brunft, spelled B-R-U-N-F-T.
Definition
- 1Paarungszeit insbesondere des Schalenwilds
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Brunft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Individuell tritt die Brunft nach dem Verhältnisse des Alters früher oder später ein, und dauert länger oder kürzer, womit auch die Heftigkeit des Begattungstriebes und alle dabei hervortretenden Erscheinungen in Verbindung und Zusammenhang stehen.“
In den letzten Jahren verliefen die Brünfte immer ohne nennenswerte Vorkommnisse.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.