-brunn

[-bʁʊn]

/[-bʁʊn]/ name

The verdict

“-brunn” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper 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) - ein Ortsnamengrundwort für Brunnen, Quelle

Corpus desk

Index DE-brunn · -brunn · German

-brunn · 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 "-" 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.

Key facts for -brunn
PropertyValue
Headword-brunn
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[-bʁʊn]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „-brunn“ im Deutschen

-brunnliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

-brunn is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [-bʁʊn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Ortsnamengrundwort für Brunnen, Quelle".

-brunn doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 -brunn, spelled --B-R-U-N-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Ortsnamengrundwort für Brunnen, Quelle

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "-brunn"?
"-brunn" is spelled --B-R-U-N-N. The IPA pronunciation is [-bʁʊn].
What does "-brunn" mean?
As a proper noun, "-brunn" means: ein Ortsnamengrundwort für Brunnen, Quelle
How do you pronounce "-brunn"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "-brunn" is [-bʁʊn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "-brunn" come from?
"-brunn" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list