Brustschild
[ˈbʁʊstˌʃɪlt]
The verdict
“Brustschild” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Schild als Teil der Bewaffnung einer Person
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brustschild |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁʊstˌʃɪlt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Brustschild” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Brustschild is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbʁʊstˌʃɪlt]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Brustschild, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Brustschild, spelled B-R-U-S-T-S-C-H-I-L-D.
Definition
- 1Schild als Teil der Bewaffnung einer Person
- 2Schild als Schmuck oder dergleichen, auf der Brust getragen
- 3verhärteter Brustbereich mancher Tiere
- 4Bezeichnung für Briefmarken der Zeit des deutschen Kaiserreichs, mit einem Motiv nach [2]
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.
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Using “Brustschild”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-R-U-S-T-S-C-H-I-L-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbʁʊstˌʃɪlt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.