grätz

[ɡʁɛt͡s]

/[ɡʁɛt͡s]/ verb

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The verdict

“grätz” is uncommon German (frequency #90,363 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,363
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grätzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-gratz · grätz · German

grätz · rank #90,363 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,363
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Grätsche

Nearest frequency peer: Grätsche (-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 „grätz“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „grätz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grätz
PropertyValue
Headwordgrätz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡʁɛt͡s]
Letters5
Frequency rank#90,363
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „grätz“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).grätzfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Grätsche“ (#90,362), „Grönlands“ (#90,364), „Grundbuchamt“ (#90,361). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „grätz“ bei #90,363. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grätz is uncommon German at frequency #90,363 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡʁɛt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grätzen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for grätz, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is grätz, spelled G-R-Ä-T-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grätzen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grätz"?
"grätz" is spelled G-R-Ä-T-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡʁɛt͡s].
What does "grätz" mean?
As a verb, "grätz" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grätzen
How do you pronounce "grätz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grätz" is [ɡʁɛt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grätz", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

haina#90,380gelle#90,310gehet#90,304Hoorn#90,439

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list