Brunst
German, noun/brʊnst/
Brunst is spelled B-R-U-N-S-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 136,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brunst is a German feminine noun meaning “heat, rut (sexual excitement of animals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Paarungszeit bei vielen Säugetieren, wie zum Beispiel bei Hirschen und Rehen”.
What does Brunst mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineheat, rut (sexual excitement of animals)
- 2
femininesexual arousal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Paarungszeit bei vielen Säugetieren, wie zum Beispiel bei Hirschen und Rehen 2. geschlechtliche Erregtheit
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 Brunst
- Brünste plural
- Brünsten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Brunst?
- /brʊnst/
- [bʁʊnst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Brunst
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Brunst in German?
Brunst appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).