der Brief

A1 Noun frequency rank #1,139

What Brief means

Noun

letter (written message)

Forms

der Brief · die Briefe

Plural: Briefe

Pronunciation

Brief in a sentence

Ich muss einen Brief schreiben. Habt ihr Papier?

I have to write a letter. Do you have some paper?

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Brief is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #1,139 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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