Brunftschrei
German, noun[ˈbʁʊnftˌʃʁaɪ̯]
Brunftschrei is spelled B-R-U-N-F-T-S-C-H-R-E-I (12 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written German, the 610,218th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brunftschrei is a German masculine noun meaning “rutting (mating) call” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schrei eines brunftigen Hirschs”.
What does Brunftschrei mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerutting (mating) call
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schrei eines brunftigen Hirschs
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Brunftschrei
- Brunftschreies genitive
- Brunftschreis genitive
- Brunftschreie plural
- Brunftschreien dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Brunftschrei?
- [ˈbʁʊnftˌʃʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Brunftschrei in German?
Brunftschrei appears about once in every 93 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).