Gräueltat
[ˈɡʁɔɪ̯əlˌtaːt]
The verdict
“Gräueltat” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abscheuliche, von abnormaler oder illegaler Grausamkeit geprägte Tat
Corpus desk
Index DE-graueltat · Gräueltat · German
Gräueltat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gräueltat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁɔɪ̯əlˌtaːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gräueltat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gräueltat is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁɔɪ̯əlˌtaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "abscheuliche, von abnormaler oder illegaler Grausamkeit geprägte Tat".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gräueltat, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gräueltat, spelled G-R-Ä-U-E-L-T-A-T.
Definition
- 1abscheuliche, von abnormaler oder illegaler Grausamkeit geprägte Tat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gräueltat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Nationalsozialisten verübten Gräueltaten an den Juden.
„Im Herbst 1945 löst der polnische Sicherheitsdienst den Lagerkommandanten wegen begangener Gräueltaten an deutschen Internierten ab.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.