grausam
German, adjective/ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌzaːm/
grausam is spelled G-R-A-U-S-A-M (7 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written German, the 9,876th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grausam is a German adjective meaning “cruel; heartless; atrocious; callous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch eine derartige Gefühlskälte, Skrupellosigkeit und meist Reuelosigkeit gekennzeichnet, dass es Grauen…”.
What does grausam mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cruel; heartless; atrocious; callous
- 2
horrible; gruesome; savage
adverb
- 1
cruelly, brutally, ferociously
grausam bestraft
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. durch eine derartige Gefühlskälte, Skrupellosigkeit und meist Reuelosigkeit gekennzeichnet, dass es Grauen (im Sinne von Furcht, Entsetzen) hervorruft 2. von einer derartigen Intensität, dass es starkes Leiden oder Unwohlsein hervorruft
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 grausam
- grausamer masculine nominative singular
- am grausamsten superlative
- grausame feminine nominative singular
- grausames neuter nominative singular
- grausamen genitive masculine singular
- grausamem dative masculine singular
- der grausame definite includes-article masculine
- die grausame definite feminine includes-article
- das grausame definite includes-article neuter
- die grausamen definite includes-article nominative
- des grausamen definite genitive includes-article
- der grausamen definite feminine genitive
- dem grausamen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grausam?
- /ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌzaːm/
- /ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌzam/
- [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌzaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grausam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grausam in German?
grausam appears 6.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).