Gräte
German, noun
Gräte is spelled G-R-Ä-T-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 111,951st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gräte is a German feminine noun meaning “fishbone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, Grate is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Grat”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Stäbe aus verknöchertem Bindegewebe im Muskelfleisch von Fischen”.
What does Gräte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefishbone
noun
- 1
masculinenominative/accusative/genitive plural of Grat
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Stäbe aus verknöchertem Bindegewebe im Muskelfleisch von Fischen 2. Knochen
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 Gräte
- Gräten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Gräte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gräte in German?
Gräte appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).