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gebraucht

German, adjective[ɡəˈbʁaʊ̯xt]

gebraucht is spelled G-E-B-R-A-U-C-H-T (9 letters) and appears 40 times per million words in written German, the 2,115th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gebraucht is a German adjective meaning “used” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of brauchen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “bereits verwendet, nicht neu”.

What does gebraucht mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    used

  2. 2

    secondhand

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of brauchen

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present

  2. 2

    second-person plural present

  3. 3

    plural imperative

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of gebrauchen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. bereits verwendet, nicht neu

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 gebraucht

  • gebrauchter masculine nominative singular
  • am gebrauchtesten superlative
  • gebrauchte feminine nominative singular
  • gebrauchtes neuter nominative singular
  • gebrauchten genitive masculine singular
  • gebrauchtem dative masculine singular
  • der gebrauchte definite includes-article masculine
  • die gebrauchte definite feminine includes-article
  • das gebrauchte definite includes-article neuter
  • die gebrauchten definite includes-article nominative
  • des gebrauchten definite genitive includes-article
  • der gebrauchten definite feminine genitive
  • dem gebrauchten dative definite includes-article
  • gebr. abbreviation

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce gebraucht?

  • [ɡəˈbʁaʊ̯xt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to gebraucht

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is gebraucht in German?

gebraucht appears 40 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).

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