Brustschild
[ˈbʁʊstˌʃɪlt]
The verdict
“Brustschild” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schild als Teil der Bewaffnung einer Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-brustschild · Brustschild · German
Brustschild · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Brustschild |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁʊstˌʃɪlt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Brustschild“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Brustschild is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁʊstˌʃɪlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
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]
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Brustschild appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„An dem blanken Brustschild erkannte er in dem Fragenden einen der Stadtwächter.“
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.