Graureiher
German, noun/ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌʁaɪ̯ɐ/
Graureiher is spelled G-R-A-U-R-E-I-H-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 111,951st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Graureiher is a German masculine noun meaning “grey heron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Europa, Asien und Afrika vorkommender Vogel mit sehr schlankem Körper, einem langen Hals, einem langen…”.
What does Graureiher mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegrey heron
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. in Europa, Asien und Afrika vorkommender Vogel mit sehr schlankem Körper, einem langen Hals, einem langen, gelblichen Schnabel und langen Beinen, der in aller Regel an Stirn und Oberkopf weiß, am Hals grauweiß und auf dem Rücken aschgrau gefiedert ist (Ardea cinerea)
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 Graureiher
- Graureihers genitive
- Graureihern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Graureiher?
- /ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌʁaɪ̯ɐ/
- [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌʁaɪ̯ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Graureiher in German?
Graureiher 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).