greisenhaft
German, adjective[ˈɡʁaɪ̯zn̩haft]
greisenhaft is spelled G-R-E-I-S-E-N-H-A-F-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written German, the 440,316th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Greisenhaft is a German adjective meaning “senile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr alt, alt wie ein Greis”.
What does greisenhaft mean in English?
adjective
- 1
senile
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sehr alt, alt wie ein Greis
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 greisenhaft
- greisenhafter masculine nominative singular
- am greisenhaftesten superlative
- greisenhafte feminine nominative singular
- greisenhaftes neuter nominative singular
- greisenhaften genitive masculine singular
- greisenhaftem dative masculine singular
- der greisenhafte definite includes-article masculine
- die greisenhafte definite feminine includes-article
- das greisenhafte definite includes-article neuter
- die greisenhaften definite includes-article nominative
- des greisenhaften definite genitive includes-article
- der greisenhaften definite feminine genitive
- dem greisenhaften dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce greisenhaft?
- [ˈɡʁaɪ̯zn̩haft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is greisenhaft in German?
greisenhaft appears about once in every 52 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).