Granne
[ˈɡʁanə]
The verdict
“Granne” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - steife Borste an der Spitze der Grasblüte, die bei vielen Gräsern und Grasgewächsen vorkommt, darunter sind häufig angebaute Getreidesorten (Gerste)
Corpus desk
Index DE-granne · Granne · German
Granne · 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 | Granne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁanə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Granne“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Granne is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁanə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Granne in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Granne, spelled G-R-A-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1steife Borste an der Spitze der Grasblüte, die bei vielen Gräsern und Grasgewächsen vorkommt, darunter sind häufig angebaute Getreidesorten (Gerste)
- 2steifes Haar im Oberfell mancher Pelztiere
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Granne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Morphologisch entspricht die Granne der Blattspreite.
Die Grannen halten das wärmende Unterhaar trocken.
Synonyms
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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.