grausige

[ˈɡʁaʊ̯zɪɡə]

/[ˈɡʁaʊ̯zɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“grausige” is uncommon German (frequency #62,474 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,474
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 grausig

Corpus desk

Index DE-grausige · grausige · German

grausige · rank #62,474 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,474
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Grapefruit

Nearest frequency peer: Grapefruit (-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 „grausige“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grausige
PropertyValue
Headwordgrausige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɡʁaʊ̯zɪɡə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#62,474
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „grausige“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.grausigefällt 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: „Grapefruit“ (#62,473), „Grenzer“ (#62,475), „grosz“ (#62,476). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „grausige“ bei #62,474. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grausige is uncommon German at frequency #62,474 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡʁaʊ̯zɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for grausige, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is grausige, spelled G-R-A-U-S-I-G-E.

Definition

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

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list