granteln
German, verb
granteln is spelled G-R-A-N-T-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written German, the 434,655th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Granteln is a German verb meaning “to grumble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Granteln is a different word: “gerund of granteln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “fortwährend schlecht gelaunt, verdrießlich (grantig) sein und sich entsprechend negativ äußern”.
What does granteln mean in English?
verb
- 1
Austriato grumble
noun
- 1
neutergerund of granteln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fortwährend schlecht gelaunt, verdrießlich (grantig) sein und sich entsprechend negativ äußern
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 granteln
- grantelt present singular third-person
- grantelte past
- gegrantelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- grantelnd participle present
- grantle first-person indicative present
- grantele first-person indicative present
- grantel first-person indicative present
- grantelst indicative present second-person
- grantelest second-person singular subjunctive
- grantlest second-person singular subjunctive
- grantelet plural second-person subjunctive
- grantlet plural second-person subjunctive
- grantelten first-person indicative plural
- granteltest indicative preterite second-person
- granteltet indicative plural preterite
- grantel! imperative singular
- grantele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is granteln in German?
granteln appears about once in every 51 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).