Gernegroß
[ˈɡɛʁnəˌɡʁoːs]
The verdict
“Gernegroß” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die viel angibt und prahlt; jemand, der mehr darstellen möchte, als er tut
Corpus desk
Index DE-gernegro · Gernegroß · German
Gernegroß · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gernegroß |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛʁnəˌɡʁoːs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gernegroß“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gernegroß is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɛʁnəˌɡʁoːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die viel angibt und prahlt; jemand, der mehr darstellen möchte, als er tut".
Gernegroß doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gernegroß, spelled G-E-R-N-E-G-R-O-S-S.
Definition
- 1Person, die viel angibt und prahlt; jemand, der mehr darstellen möchte, als er tut
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gernegroß appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist allgemein bekannt, dass Herr Schmidt auch Gernegroß genannt wird.
„Der Internationale Währungsfonds in Washington lässt sich von geltungssüchtigen Gernegroß-Gestalten wie Alexis Tsipras und seinen haltlosen Forderungen nicht beeindrucken.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.