grasen
[ˈɡʁaːzn̩]
The verdict
“grasen” is uncommon German (frequency #57,045 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,045
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - frisches Gras und Wiesenkräuter mit dem Maul abrupfen und fressen
Corpus desk
Index DE-grasen · grasen · German
grasen · rank #57,045 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,045
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Grammophon
Nearest frequency peer: Grammophon (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „grasen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Grabung
Grabung
42,959 corpus weight
- Grafschaften
Grafschaften
42,958 corpus weight
- Grammophon
Grammophon
42,957 corpus weight
- grasen
grasen
42,956 corpus weight
- Gratwanderu…
Gratwanderung
42,955 corpus weight
- grauenhafte
grauenhafte
42,954 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „grasen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grasen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁaːzn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,045 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „grasen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
grasen is uncommon German at frequency #57,045 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡʁaːzn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for grasen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 grasen, spelled G-R-A-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1frisches Gras und Wiesenkräuter mit dem Maul abrupfen und fressen
- 2etwas systematisch absuchen, um etwas Bestimmtes zu finden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grasen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Lämmer grasen auf dem Deich.
„Gegrast wurde in Wildberg immer wieder auf der Wiese des Herrn Hofmeisters beim Siechenhaus und auf den Klosteräckern, aber auch auf Äckern, Wiesen und Halden anderer Bürger.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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