gebrochen
German, adjective/ɡəˈbʁɔxn̩/
gebrochen is spelled G-E-B-R-O-C-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,505th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gebrochen is a German adjective meaning “broken” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of brechen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Bruchzahl darstellend”.
What does gebrochen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
broken
- 2
fractional
- 3
blackletter
verb
- 1
past participle of brechen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine Bruchzahl darstellend 2. Ecken habend, wo die Antiqua Rundungen hat 3. unbeholfen, mit vielen Fehlern und starkem Akzent 4. mit einem hohen unbunten Anteil
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 gebrochen
- gebrochener masculine nominative singular
- gebrochner comparative
- am gebrochensten superlative
- gebrochene feminine nominative singular
- gebrochenes neuter nominative singular
- gebrochenen genitive masculine singular
- gebrochenem dative masculine singular
- der gebrochene definite includes-article masculine
- die gebrochene definite feminine includes-article
- das gebrochene definite includes-article neuter
- die gebrochenen definite includes-article nominative
- des gebrochenen definite genitive includes-article
- der gebrochenen definite feminine genitive
- dem gebrochenen 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 gebrochen?
- /ɡəˈbʁɔxn̩/
- [ɡəˈbʁɔxn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gebrochen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gebrochen in German?
gebrochen appears 17 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).