Brunnen

/[ˈbʁʊnən]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,690

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

Brunnen is aGermannoun. It means: Tiefbauwerk zur Gewinnung von Grundwasser oder Uferfiltrat, manchmal, vor allem früher, auch Bauwerke zur Gewinnung von Quellwasser Pronounced [ˈbʁʊnən]. It ranks #5,690 in German word frequency. Often confused with bunten and Bühnen.

Key facts for Brunnen
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrunnen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʁʊnən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,690
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Brunnen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Brunnen is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbʁʊnən]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,690 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Brunnen, with forms such as "bbrunnen", "brnunen", and "brrunnen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "bunten", "Bühnen", "brüten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Brunnen, spelled B-R-U-N-N-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tiefbauwerk zur Gewinnung von Grundwasser oder Uferfiltrat, manchmal, vor allem früher, auch Bauwerke zur Gewinnung von Quellwasser
  2. 2
    Entnahmestelle, oft mit Auffangbecken, zur Bereitstellung in der Nähe oder in der Ferne gewonnenen Wassers
  3. 3
    vor allem aus [2] entwickelte Zierbrunnen, die auch der Regulierung des Mikro- oder Raumklimas dienen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbrunnen,brnunen,brrunnen,brunen,brunenn,brunnenn,brunnne,burnnen,rbunnen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Brunnen

Misspelling Variants of "Brunnen"

bbrunnen8brnunen7brrunnen8brunen6brunenn7brunnenn8brunnne7burnnen7
Misspelling Variants of "Brunnen"

Frequency rank: #5,690 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Brunnen"?
"Brunnen" is spelled B-R-U-N-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁʊnən].
What does "Brunnen" mean?
As a noun, "Brunnen" means: Tiefbauwerk zur Gewinnung von Grundwasser oder Uferfiltrat, manchmal, vor allem früher, auch Bauwerke zur Gewinnung von Quellwasser
What words are commonly confused with "Brunnen"?
"Brunnen" is commonly confused with "bunten", "Bühnen", "brüten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Brunnen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Brunnen" is [ˈbʁʊnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Brunnen" come from?
"Brunnen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.