Griff
German, noun
Griff is spelled G-R-I-F-F (5 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written German, the 2,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Griff is a German masculine noun meaning “grasp, reach (act of trying to grab)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, griff is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of greifen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “derjenige Teil eines Gegenstandes, der dafür vorgesehen ist, dass man ihn ergreift, wenn man den Gegenstand…”.
What does Griff mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegrasp, reach (act of trying to grab)
der Griff nach den Sternen
- 2
masculinegrip (act of holding something after having gripped it)
- 3
masculinehandle (part of a tool or fixture meant to be gripped)
Türgriff
- 4
masculinehold
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of greifen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. derjenige Teil eines Gegenstandes, der dafür vorgesehen ist, dass man ihn ergreift, wenn man den Gegenstand benutzt 2. das Greifen, Zugreifen, Anpacken 3. das Beherrschen einer Aufgabe, im Griff 4. Haftung von einer Oberfläche an einer anderen
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 Griff
- Griffes genitive
- Griffs genitive
- Griffe plural
- Griffen dative definite plural
- Gr. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Griff
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Griff in German?
Griff appears 35 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).