griesgrämig
German, adjective/ˈɡʁiːsˌɡʁɛːmɪç/
griesgrämig is spelled G-R-I-E-S-G-R-Ä-M-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Griesgrämig is a German adjective meaning “grouchy, sullen, morose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(ohne nachvollziehbaren Grund) schlecht gelaunt/übellaunig/verdrossen und damit gegenüber anderen unfreundlich”.
What does griesgrämig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
grouchy, sullen, morose
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. (ohne nachvollziehbaren Grund) schlecht gelaunt/übellaunig/verdrossen und damit gegenüber anderen unfreundlich
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 griesgrämig
- griesgrämiger masculine nominative singular
- am griesgrämigsten superlative
- griesgrämige feminine nominative singular
- griesgrämiges neuter nominative singular
- griesgrämigen genitive masculine singular
- griesgrämigem dative masculine singular
- der griesgrämige definite includes-article masculine
- die griesgrämige definite feminine includes-article
- das griesgrämige definite includes-article neuter
- die griesgrämigen definite includes-article nominative
- des griesgrämigen definite genitive includes-article
- der griesgrämigen definite feminine genitive
- dem griesgrämigen dative definite includes-article
- griesgrämisch variant
- griesgrämlich variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce griesgrämig?
- /ˈɡʁiːsˌɡʁɛːmɪç/
- [ˈɡʁiːsˌɡʁɛːmɪç]
- [ˈɡʁiːsˌɡʁɛːmɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to griesgrämig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is griesgrämig in German?
griesgrämig appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).