dumm wie Brot

[ˌdʊm viː ˈbʁoːt]

/[ˌdʊm viː ˈbʁoːt]/ phrase

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The verdict

“dumm wie Brot” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr dumm

Corpus desk

Index DE-dumm-wie-brot · dumm wie Brot · German

dumm wie Brot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" 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.

Key facts for dumm wie Brot
PropertyValue
Headworddumm wie Brot
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˌdʊm viː ˈbʁoːt]
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dumm wie Brot“ im Deutschen

dumm wie Brotschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dumm wie Brot is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˌdʊm viː ˈbʁoːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sehr dumm".

Zero misspellings are on record for dumm wie Brot in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is dumm wie Brot, spelled D-U-M-M- -W-I-E- -B-R-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    sehr dumm

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how dumm wie Brot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Mädchen liebten ihn, er war dumm wie Brot.“

Synonyms

dumm geboren und nichts dazugelerntdumm geboren und nichts dazugelernt, und auch das wieder vergessendumm wie Bohnenstroh seindumm wie die Nacht seindumm wie die Sünde seindümmer sein, als die Polizei erlaubtjemand ist so dumm, dass er brummtvor Dummheit brüllenvor Dummheit brummenvor Dummheit schreienkreuzdummstrohdummsaudummstockdummstrohdummblitzdummsternhageldummhorndummmordsdummstrunzdummdumm wie Schifferscheiße sein

This word in other languages

dumb as a bag of hammers(English)bête à manger de l’herbe(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dumm wie Brot"?
"dumm wie Brot" is spelled D-U-M-M- -W-I-E- -B-R-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌdʊm viː ˈbʁoːt].
What does "dumm wie Brot" mean?
As a phrase, "dumm wie Brot" means: sehr dumm
How do you pronounce "dumm wie Brot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dumm wie Brot" is [ˌdʊm viː ˈbʁoːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dumm wie Brot" come from?
"dumm wie Brot" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list