| Kettenbruch | continued fraction |
| Kettenbrief | chain letter |
| Ettelbrück | Ettelbruck |
| Leistenbruch | inguinal hernia |
| Kettenblatt | chainring |
| Kettenrad | sprocket |
| Kettenhund | bandog |
| Kettenraucher | chain smoker |
| Hüttenrauch | smelter dust |
| Entenbrust | breast |
| Totenbuch | Book of the Dead |
| Kassenbuch | ledger |
| Knochenbruch | fracture |
| Nebenbuch | subledger |
| Wolkenbruch | cloudburst downpour |
| Beinbruch | bone fracture |
| Einbruch | burglary housebreaking breach break and entery breaking and entering incursion onset drop nosedive slump break-in infraction |
| Kälteeinbruch | cold snap |
| Steinbruch | quarry |
| Käsebruch | curd |