brünstig
German, adjective/ˈbʁʏnstɪç/
brünstig is spelled B-R-Ü-N-S-T-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 297,534th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brünstig is a German adjective meaning “in heat, on heat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zur Paarung bereit”.
What does brünstig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
in heat, on heat
- 2
ardent, fervent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zur Paarung bereit 2. geistig oder sinnlich erregt
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 brünstig
- brünstiger masculine nominative singular
- am brünstigsten superlative
- brünstige feminine nominative singular
- brünstiges neuter nominative singular
- brünstigen genitive masculine singular
- brünstigem dative masculine singular
- der brünstige definite includes-article masculine
- die brünstige definite feminine includes-article
- das brünstige definite includes-article neuter
- die brünstigen definite includes-article nominative
- des brünstigen definite genitive includes-article
- der brünstigen definite feminine genitive
- dem brünstigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brünstig?
- /ˈbʁʏnstɪç/
- /ˈbʁʏnstɪk/
- [ˈbʁʏnstɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is brünstig in German?
brünstig appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).