Stimmbruch
German, noun/ˈʃtɪmˌbʁʊx/
Stimmbruch is spelled S-T-I-M-M-B-R-U-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 111,951st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stimmbruch is a German masculine noun meaning “voice change (the gradual dropping (“deepening”) of a male's voice during puberty)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Änderung der Stimmlage bei Heranwachsenden, zum Beispiel bei Jungen von der Kinder- zur Männerstimme in der…”.
What does Stimmbruch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevoice change (the gradual dropping (“deepening”) of a male's voice during puberty)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Änderung der Stimmlage bei Heranwachsenden, zum Beispiel bei Jungen von der Kinder- zur Männerstimme in der Pubertät
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 Stimmbruch
- Stimmbruches genitive
- Stimmbruchs genitive
- Stimmbrüche plural
- Stimmbruche dative singular
- Stimmbrüchen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Stimmbruch?
- /ˈʃtɪmˌbʁʊx/
- [ˈʃtɪmˌbʁʊx]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Stimmbruch in German?
Stimmbruch appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).