brüskieren
[bʁʏsˈkiːʁən]
The verdict
“brüskieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden vor den Kopf stoßen, die Gefühle von jemandem verletzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-bruskieren · brüskieren · German
brüskieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brüskieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bʁʏsˈkiːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „brüskieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
brüskieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bʁʏsˈkiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden vor den Kopf stoßen, die Gefühle von jemandem verletzen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for brüskieren in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is brüskieren, spelled B-R-Ü-S-K-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden vor den Kopf stoßen, die Gefühle von jemandem verletzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brüskieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat mich brüskiert, als er mich auf mein Gewicht angesprochen hat.
Nordkorea hat die Staatengemeinschaft im Februar mit einem weiteren Atomtest brüskiert.
This word in other languages
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.