German adjective · CEFR A1
braun
Meaning in English: brown; tanned
Not one of the 5,000 most common words in written German, but part of the core vocabulary in our Colours in German list.
Example
Nach dem Urlaub war er ganz braun.
After the holiday he was really tanned.
How common is braun?
In the news and web texts the list is counted from, braun appears 14 times per million words — about once every 74,000 words. That is below the cut-off: the last of the top 5,000 appears about 16 times per million.
A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
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