Feuersbrunst

[ˈfɔɪ̯ɐsˌbʁʊnst]

/[ˈfɔɪ̯ɐsˌbʁʊnst]/ noun

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The verdict

“Feuersbrunst” is uncommon German (frequency #76,766 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,766
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verheerender Brand

Corpus desk

Index DE-feuersbrunst · Feuersbrunst · German

Feuersbrunst · rank #76,766 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,766
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH fettarme

Nearest frequency peer: fettarme (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Feuersbrunst“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Feuersbrunst“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Feuersbrunst
PropertyValue
HeadwordFeuersbrunst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɔɪ̯ɐsˌbʁʊnst]
Letters12
Frequency rank#76,766
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Feuersbrunst“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Feuersbrunstfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „fettarme“ (#76,765), „fides“ (#76,767), „Fetische“ (#76,764). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Feuersbrunst“ bei #76,766. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Feuersbrunst is uncommon German at frequency #76,766 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɔɪ̯ɐsˌbʁʊnst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "verheerender Brand".

Zero misspellings are on record for Feuersbrunst in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Feuersbrunst, spelled F-E-U-E-R-S-B-R-U-N-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    verheerender Brand

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elf Personen fielen einer Feuersbrunst zum Opfer.
  2. „Nachdem eine Feuersbrunst anno 1046 den alten Dom zerstört hatte, schickte sich Azelin an, hier einen neuen zu errichten.“

Synonyms

GroßbrandFeuersnot

This word in other languages

blaze(English)incendio(Español)incendie(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Feuersbrunst"?
"Feuersbrunst" is spelled F-E-U-E-R-S-B-R-U-N-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɔɪ̯ɐsˌbʁʊnst].
What does "Feuersbrunst" mean?
As a noun, "Feuersbrunst" means: verheerender Brand
How do you pronounce "Feuersbrunst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Feuersbrunst" is [ˈfɔɪ̯ɐsˌbʁʊnst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Feuersbrunst" come from?
"Feuersbrunst" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Feuersbrunst", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list