gram
German, adjective
gram is spelled G-R-A-M (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 39,859th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gram is a German adjective meaning “angry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Gram is a different word: “grief”. With an umlaut, gräm is a different word: “singular imperative of grämen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(hochsprachlich) für böse; feind [sic!]”.
What does gram mean in English?
adjective
- 1
angry
Seit dieser Tat war er ihm auf immer gram.
noun
- 1
masculinegrief
verb
- 1
singular imperative of grämen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of grämen
verb
- 1
imperative of gräma
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tiefer Kummer
adjective: 1. (hochsprachlich) für böse; feind [sic!]
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gram
- Grames genitive
- Grams genitive
- Grame dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gram
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gram in German?
gram appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).