Greise

[ˈɡʁaɪ̯zə]

/[ˈɡʁaɪ̯zə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Greise” is uncommon German (frequency #63,382 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,382
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Greis

Corpus desk

Index DE-greise · Greise · German

Greise · rank #63,382 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,382
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH grausig

Nearest frequency peer: grausig (-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 „Greise“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Greise
PropertyValue
HeadwordGreise
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡʁaɪ̯zə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#63,382
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Greise“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „grausig“ (#63,381), „grillt“ (#63,383), „Granulat“ (#63,380). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Greise“ bei #63,382. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Greise is uncommon German at frequency #63,382 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁaɪ̯zə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Greise, 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 no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Greise, spelled G-R-E-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Greis
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Greis
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Greis
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Greis

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 "Greise"?
"Greise" is spelled G-R-E-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁaɪ̯zə].
What does "Greise" mean?
As a noun, "Greise" means: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Greis
How do you pronounce "Greise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Greise" is [ˈɡʁaɪ̯zə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Greise" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

grillt#63,383grumpy#63,389Gestus#63,362herkam#63,412

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list