greifbaren

[ˈɡʁaɪ̯fbaːʁən]

/[ˈɡʁaɪ̯fbaːʁən]/ adj

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The verdict

“greifbaren” is uncommon German (frequency #70,334 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,334
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs greifbar

Corpus desk

Index DE-greifbaren · greifbaren · German

greifbaren · rank #70,334 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,334
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH grata

Nearest frequency peer: grata (-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 „greifbaren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for greifbaren
PropertyValue
Headwordgreifbaren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɡʁaɪ̯fbaːʁən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#70,334
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „greifbaren“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.greifbarenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „grata“ (#70,333), „grenzenloser“ (#70,335), „grobem“ (#70,337). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „greifbaren“ bei #70,334. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

greifbaren is uncommon German at frequency #70,334 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡʁaɪ̯fbaːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for greifbaren, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is greifbaren, spelled G-R-E-I-F-B-A-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs greifbar
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs greifbar
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs greifbar
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs greifbar
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs greifbar
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs greifbar
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs greifbar
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs greifbar
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs greifbar
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs greifbar
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs greifbar
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs greifbar

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list