grauenhaften

[ˈɡʁaʊ̯ənhaftn̩]

/[ˈɡʁaʊ̯ənhaftn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“grauenhaften” is uncommon German (frequency #75,725 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,725
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-grauenhaften · grauenhaften · German

grauenhaften · rank #75,725 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,725
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH grenznahen

Nearest frequency peer: grenznahen (+2 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 „grauenhaften“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grauenhaften
PropertyValue
Headwordgrauenhaften
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɡʁaʊ̯ənhaftn̩]
Letters12
Frequency rank#75,725
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „grauenhaften“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).grauenhaftenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „grenznahen“ (#75,727), „Grenzpolizei“ (#75,728), „Goldschatz“ (#75,721). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „grauenhaften“ bei #75,725. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grauenhaften is uncommon German at frequency #75,725 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ənhaftn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

grauenhaften has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is grauenhaften, spelled G-R-A-U-E-N-H-A-F-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera 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 "grauenhaften"?
"grauenhaften" is spelled G-R-A-U-E-N-H-A-F-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ənhaftn̩].
What does "grauenhaften" mean?
As an adjective, "grauenhaften" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenhaft
How do you pronounce "grauenhaften"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grauenhaften" is [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ənhaftn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grauenhaften" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Grenzpolizei#75,728Generalstabs#75,693hochmodernen#75,768Gefriertruhe#75,678

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list