griese

[ˈɡʁiːzə]

/[ˈɡʁiːzə]/ adj

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The verdict

“griese” is uncommon German (frequency #79,255 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,255
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gries

Corpus desk

Index DE-griese · griese · German

griese · rank #79,255 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,255
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Grinden

Nearest frequency peer: Grinden (+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 „griese“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for griese
PropertyValue
Headwordgriese
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɡʁiːzə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#79,255
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „griese“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Grinden“ (#79,256), „Grams“ (#79,253), „Grammys“ (#79,252). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „griese“ bei #79,255. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

griese is uncommon German at frequency #79,255 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡʁiːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for griese in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is griese, spelled G-R-I-E-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gries
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gries
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gries
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gries
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gries
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gries
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gries
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gries
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gries

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 "griese"?
"griese" is spelled G-R-I-E-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁiːzə].
What does "griese" mean?
As an adjective, "griese" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gries
How do you pronounce "griese"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "griese" is [ˈɡʁiːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Grabow#79,248Gomera#79,244Hadith#79,266Halles#79,268

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list