brüsk
German, adjective/ˈbʁʏsk/
brüsk is spelled B-R-Ü-S-K (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brüsk is a German adjective meaning “brusque” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine ablehnende, unfreundliche, kurz angebundene Haltung zeigend”.
What does brüsk mean in English?
adjective
- 1
brusque
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine ablehnende, unfreundliche, kurz angebundene Haltung zeigend 2. abrupt, ohne jegliche Vorwarnung handelnd
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 brüsk
- brüsker masculine nominative singular
- am brüskesten superlative
- brüske feminine nominative singular
- brüskes neuter nominative singular
- brüsken genitive masculine singular
- brüskem dative masculine singular
- der brüske definite includes-article masculine
- die brüske definite feminine includes-article
- das brüske definite includes-article neuter
- die brüsken definite includes-article nominative
- des brüsken definite genitive includes-article
- der brüsken definite feminine genitive
- dem brüsken dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brüsk?
- /ˈbʁʏsk/
- [bʁʏsk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brüsk
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brüsk in German?
brüsk appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).