girren
[ˈɡɪʁən]
The verdict
“girren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lautäußerungen von sich geben, wie bestimmte Vögel es tun, vor allem Tauben
Corpus desk
Index DE-girren · girren · German
girren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | girren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡɪʁən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „girren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
girren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡɪʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for girren, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is girren, spelled G-I-R-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Lautäußerungen von sich geben, wie bestimmte Vögel es tun, vor allem Tauben
- 2verführerisch, gefühlvoll, kokettierend sprechen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how girren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Stall girren die Hühner.
„»Das ist suuuupersüß«, girrt eine junge Frau wie eine Operettendiva beim Üben ihrer Tonleitern.“
This word in other languages
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.