Brustkorb
German, noun[ˈbʁʊstˌkɔʁp]
Brustkorb is spelled B-R-U-S-T-K-O-R-B (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,479th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brustkorb is a German masculine noun meaning “ribcage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein bei Wirbeltieren (einschließlich des Menschen) ausgebildetes Knochengerüst, welches aus den Rippen, der…”.
What does Brustkorb mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineribcage
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein bei Wirbeltieren (einschließlich des Menschen) ausgebildetes Knochengerüst, welches aus den Rippen, der oberen Wirbelsäule und dem Brustbein besteht und zur Umschließung des Herzens und der Lunge dient
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 Brustkorb
- Brustkorbes genitive
- Brustkorbs genitive
- Brustkörbe plural
- Brustkorbe dative singular
- Brustkörben dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Brustkorb?
- [ˈbʁʊstˌkɔʁp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Brustkorb
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Brustkorb in German?
Brustkorb appears 1.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).