Schwarzbrot

[ˈʃvaʁt͡sˌbʁoːt]

/[ˈʃvaʁt͡sˌbʁoːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schwarzbrot” is uncommon German (frequency #72,909 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,909
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dunkles Brot

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwarzbrot · Schwarzbrot · German

Schwarzbrot · rank #72,909 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,909
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schweinegrippe

Nearest frequency peer: Schweinegrippe (+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 „Schwarzbrot“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schwarzbrot
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchwarzbrot
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃvaʁt͡sˌbʁoːt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#72,909
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwarzbrot“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Schwarzbrotfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schweinegrippe“ (#72,910), „Schwalmstadt“ (#72,907), „schwingenden“ (#72,911). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schwarzbrot“ bei #72,909. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schwarzbrot is uncommon German at frequency #72,909 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃvaʁt͡sˌbʁoːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dunkles Brot".

Zero misspellings are on record for Schwarzbrot in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 Schwarzbrot, spelled S-C-H-W-A-R-Z-B-R-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    dunkles Brot

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Es macht ihm anscheinend nichts aus, daß er zum Frühstück Kaffee-Ersatz trinken und sich beim Abendessen mit Schwarzbrot in Wasser begnügen muß.“
  2. „Eine Frau verlangte ein Schwarzbrot, und ein Mädchen etwas Kuchen, und dann waren keine Kunden mehr im Laden.“

Antonyms

GraubrotWeißbrot

This word in other languages

brown bread(English)pan negro(Español)

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 "Schwarzbrot"?
"Schwarzbrot" is spelled S-C-H-W-A-R-Z-B-R-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃvaʁt͡sˌbʁoːt].
What does "Schwarzbrot" mean?
As a noun, "Schwarzbrot" means: dunkles Brot
How do you pronounce "Schwarzbrot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schwarzbrot" is [ˈʃvaʁt͡sˌbʁoːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schwarzbrot" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schwächerer#72,912Schnauzbart#72,901Schlafsäcke#72,896Siegessäule#72,935

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list