Granne
German, noun/ˈɡʁanə/
Granne is spelled G-R-A-N-N-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 238,212th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Granne is a German feminine noun meaning “awn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “steife Borste an der Spitze der Grasblüte, die bei vielen Gräsern und Grasgewächsen vorkommt, darunter sind…”.
What does Granne mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineawn
- 2
femininearista (the bristly tip of the husks of grasses, cereals, and grains)
Gerstengrannen
- 3
femininestiff hair protruding from the fur or outer coat of mammals
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. steife Borste an der Spitze der Grasblüte, die bei vielen Gräsern und Grasgewächsen vorkommt, darunter sind häufig angebaute Getreidesorten (Gerste) 2. steifes Haar im Oberfell mancher Pelztiere
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 Granne
- Grannen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Granne?
- /ˈɡʁanə/
- [ˈɡʁanə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Granne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Granne in German?
Granne appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).