| Tabubruch | breaking of a taboo |
| Abbruch | abort abortion breaking off damage detriment drawback injury loss demolition pulling down |
| Käsebruch | curd |
| Treuebruch | defection |
| Anbruch | advent dawn dawning |
| Aufbruch | departure emergence start downcast branch heading downcasting branch heading |
| Ausbruch | escape outbreak eruption break-out |
| Dammbruch | dam break dam failure |
| Nabelbruch | umbilical hernia |
| Satzbruch | anacoluthon |
| Stammbruch | unit fraction |
| Staubtuch | dustcloth |
| Tagebuch | diary log journal |
| gabunisch | Gabonese |
| laubreich | leafy |
| Airbrush | airbrush |
| Beinbruch | bone fracture |
| Bruch | break breach rupture fracture broken bone hernia violation breaking-off infringement breakage scrap fault rift quarry fraction marsh |
| Ehebruch | adultery |
| Eidbruch | perjury |