grell
German, adjective/ɡʁɛl/
grell is spelled G-R-E-L-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 39,859th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grell is a German adjective meaning “glaring, lurid (of light)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unangenehm hell”.
What does grell mean in English?
adjective
- 1
glaring, lurid (of light)
- 2
loud, garish (of colour)
- 3
shrill
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. unangenehm hell 2. unangenehm im Ohr, zum Beispiel durch hohe Frequenz und Lautstärke 3. unangenehm für das Auge, zum Beispiel durch klare, bunte, intensive Farben
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 grell
- greller masculine nominative singular
- am grellsten superlative
- grelle feminine nominative singular
- grelles neuter nominative singular
- grellen genitive masculine singular
- grellem dative masculine singular
- der grelle definite includes-article masculine
- die grelle definite feminine includes-article
- das grelle definite includes-article neuter
- die grellen definite includes-article nominative
- des grellen definite genitive includes-article
- der grellen definite feminine genitive
- dem grellen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grell?
- /ɡʁɛl/
- [ɡʁɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grell
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grell in German?
grell appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).