Großbrand
[ˈɡʁoːsˌbʁant]
The verdict
“Großbrand” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brand von beträchtlichem Ausmaß
Corpus desk
Index DE-gro-brand · Großbrand · German
Großbrand · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | Großbrand |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁoːsˌbʁant] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Großbrand“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Großbrand is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁoːsˌbʁant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Brand von beträchtlichem Ausmaß".
Großbrand doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Großbrand, spelled G-R-O-S-S-B-R-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Brand von beträchtlichem Ausmaß
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Großbrand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Einen Tag nach dem Großbrand im Plänterwald haben die Ermittler nun vier Verdächtige festgenommen.“
„Ein Grossbrand in einem Wolkenkratzer von Dubai hält die Feuerwehr kurz vor dem Jahreswechsel in Atem.“
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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.