grässlich
German, adjective/ˈɡʁɛslɪç/
grässlich is spelled G-R-Ä-S-S-L-I-C-H (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grässlich is a German adjective meaning “ghastly, horrific” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ekel oder sehr negative Gefühle hervorrufend”.
What does grässlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ghastly, horrific
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Ekel oder sehr negative Gefühle hervorrufend
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 grässlich
- grässlicher masculine nominative singular
- am grässlichsten superlative
- grässliche feminine nominative singular
- grässliches neuter nominative singular
- grässlichen genitive masculine singular
- grässlichem dative masculine singular
- der grässliche definite includes-article masculine
- die grässliche definite feminine includes-article
- das grässliche definite includes-article neuter
- die grässlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des grässlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der grässlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem grässlichen dative definite includes-article
- gräßlich obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grässlich?
- /ˈɡʁɛslɪç/
- [ˈɡʁɛslɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grässlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grässlich in German?
grässlich appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).