Grandseigneur
[ˌɡʁɑ̃sɛnˈjøːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Grandseigneur” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angehöriger des Hochadels
Corpus desk
Index DE-grandseigneur · Grandseigneur · German
Grandseigneur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Grandseigneur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌɡʁɑ̃sɛnˈjøːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Grandseigneur“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Grandseigneur is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌɡʁɑ̃sɛnˈjøːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Grandseigneur, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Grandseigneur, spelled G-R-A-N-D-S-E-I-G-N-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Angehöriger des Hochadels
- 2vornehmer, weltgewandter Herr
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Grandseigneur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In den Augen der Welt war Pierre ein Grandseigneur, als Mann einer berühmten Frau ein wenig blind und ein wenig komisch, sonst ein keineswegs dummer Sonderling, der eigentlich nichts tat, aber auch niemandem schadete, alles in allem eine brave Haut.“
„Aber mit dem Gebaren eines weltlichen Grandseigneurs verbanden sich bei ihm eine gottesfürchtige Lebenshaltung, Wohltätigkeit, strenge Übung der kirchlichen Vorschriften.“
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.