Gravüre
[ɡʁaˈvyːʁə]
The verdict
“Gravüre” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verzierung (Bild oder Schrift), die auf etwas eingraviert wurde
Corpus desk
Index DE-gravure · Gravüre · German
Gravüre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gravüre |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡʁaˈvyːʁə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gravüre“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gravüre is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡʁaˈvyːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Gravüre in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gravüre, spelled G-R-A-V-Ü-R-E.
Definition
- 1Verzierung (Bild oder Schrift), die auf etwas eingraviert wurde
- 2Erzeugnis der Gravierkunst
- 3Platte für den Tiefdruck, die auf fotomechanischem Weg hergestellt wurde
- 4Druck, der mithilfe einer solchen Platte hergestellt wurde
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gravüre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie besuchte eine Ausstellung alter Gravüren.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.