greis
German, adjective
greis is spelled G-R-E-I-S (5 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 39,278th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Greis is a German adjective meaning “aged, very old, especially when decrepit or senile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Greis is a different word: “old person, old man”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr alt”.
What does greis mean in English?
adjective
- 1
aged, very old, especially when decrepit or senile
sein greiser Vater
- 2
grey (also generally implying very old age, not usually of people in their 40s or 50s)
das greise Haupt seines Vaters
noun
- 1
masculineold person, old man
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sehr alter Mensch, meist Mann
adjective: 1. sehr alt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of greis
- Greises genitive
- Greise plural
- Greisin feminine
- Greisen dative definite plural
- greiser masculine nominative singular
- am greisesten superlative
- greise feminine nominative singular
- greises neuter nominative singular
- greisen genitive masculine singular
- greisem dative masculine singular
- der greise definite includes-article masculine
- die greise definite feminine includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to greis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is greis in German?
greis appears 1.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).