greifend
[ˈɡʁaɪ̯fn̩t]
The verdict
“greifend” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens des Verbs greifen
Corpus desk
Index DE-greifend · greifend · German
greifend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | greifend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁaɪ̯fn̩t] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „greifend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
greifend is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡʁaɪ̯fn̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens des Verbs greifen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for greifend in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is greifend, spelled G-R-E-I-F-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Partizip Präsens des Verbs greifen
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.