grausen
[ˈɡʁaʊ̯zn̩]
The verdict
“grausen” is uncommon German (frequency #76,852 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,852
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich fürchten, sich ekeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-grausen · grausen · German
grausen · rank #76,852 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,852
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gotteslob
Nearest frequency peer: Gotteslob (-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 „grausen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- GJ
GJ
23,155 corpus weight
- Goldmark
Goldmark
23,152 corpus weight
- Gotteslob
Gotteslob
23,150 corpus weight
- grausen
grausen
23,149 corpus weight
- greifende
greifende
23,147 corpus weight
- grünt
grünt
23,140 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „grausen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grausen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁaʊ̯zn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #76,852 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „grausen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
grausen is uncommon German at frequency #76,852 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡʁaʊ̯zn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for grausen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 grausen, spelled G-R-A-U-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich fürchten, sich ekeln
- 2Furcht einflößen, Ekel hervorrufen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grausen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich grause mich vor Spinnen.
Die Nacht graust mich.
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.
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