Grille
German, noun
Grille is spelled G-R-I-L-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 47,290th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grille is a German feminine noun meaning “cricket (insect of the family Gryllidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, grille is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch zirpende Laute auffallendes Insekt (Familie Gryllidae)”.
What does Grille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecricket (insect of the family Gryllidae)
- 2
femininewhim, strange thought, freakish or fantastical idea, spleen
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. durch zirpende Laute auffallendes Insekt (Familie Gryllidae) 2. vom Sprecher als unvernünftig, „dumm“ angesehene Idee; sonderbare, trübe Gedanken
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 Grille
- Grillen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Grille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Grille in German?
Grille 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).