greifst

[ɡʁaɪ̯fst]

/[ɡʁaɪ̯fst]/ verb

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The verdict

“greifst” is uncommon German (frequency #57,048 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,048
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs greifen

Corpus desk

Index DE-greifst · greifst · German

greifst · rank #57,048 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,048
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH grauenhafte

Nearest frequency peer: grauenhafte (-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 „greifst“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for greifst
PropertyValue
Headwordgreifst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡʁaɪ̯fst]
Letters7
Frequency rank#57,048
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „greifst“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).greifstfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „grauenhafte“ (#57,047), „Gratwanderung“ (#57,046), „Grenzregion“ (#57,050). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „greifst“ bei #57,048. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

greifst is uncommon German at frequency #57,048 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡʁaɪ̯fst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs greifen".

No misspelling variants are generated for greifst in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 greifst, spelled G-R-E-I-F-S-T.

Definition

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    2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs greifen

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 "greifst"?
"greifst" is spelled G-R-E-I-F-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡʁaɪ̯fst].
What does "greifst" mean?
As a verb, "greifst" means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs greifen
How do you pronounce "greifst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "greifst" is [ɡʁaɪ̯fst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "greifst" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Grabung#57,042Grundes#57,056gütiger#57,067Halogen#57,071

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list