gr.
German, adjective
gr. is spelled G-R (2 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written German, the 3,812th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gr. is a German adjective meaning “abbreviation of griechisch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does gr. mean in English?
adjective
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abbreviation of griechisch
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. griechisch
abbreviation: 1. Grab 2. Graben 3. Gracht 4. Grad
abbreviation: 1. Abkürzung für Gleichrichter 2. Österreichisches Kfz-Kennzeichen für den Bezirk Grieskirchen 3. Deutsches Kfz-Kennzeichen für den Landkreis Görlitz 4. Abkürzung und Kfz-Kennzeichen für den Kanton Graubünden
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How common is gr. in German?
gr. appears 21 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).