grauenhafte

[ˈɡʁaʊ̯ənhaftə]

/[ˈɡʁaʊ̯ənhaftə]/ adj

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The verdict

“grauenhafte” is uncommon German (frequency #57,047 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,047
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft

Corpus desk

Index DE-grauenhafte · grauenhafte · German

grauenhafte · rank #57,047 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,047
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gratwanderung

Nearest frequency peer: Gratwanderung (-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 „grauenhafte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grauenhafte
PropertyValue
Headwordgrauenhafte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɡʁaʊ̯ənhaftə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#57,047
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „grauenhafte“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gratwanderung“ (#57,046), „greifst“ (#57,048), „grasen“ (#57,045). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „grauenhafte“ bei #57,047. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grauenhafte is uncommon German at frequency #57,047 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ənhaftə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for grauenhafte in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is grauenhafte, spelled G-R-A-U-E-N-H-A-F-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft

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 "grauenhafte"?
"grauenhafte" is spelled G-R-A-U-E-N-H-A-F-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ənhaftə].
What does "grauenhafte" mean?
As an adjective, "grauenhafte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
How do you pronounce "grauenhafte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grauenhafte" is [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ənhaftə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grauenhafte" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Grenzregion#57,050gleichkommt#57,037Grundfragen#57,057Gladiatoren#57,033

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list