grimm
German, adjective
grimm is spelled G-R-I-M-M (5 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written German, the 8,191st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grimm is a German adjective meaning “fierce, grave, furious, serious, severe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Grimm is a different word: “wrath, deep-rooted anger, rage”.
What does grimm mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fierce, grave, furious, serious, severe
noun
- 1
masculinewrath, deep-rooted anger, rage
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. intensives Gefühl des Zornes
noun: 1. „Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm“, bekanntes Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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 grimm
- Grimmes genitive
- Grimms genitive
- Grimme dative singular
- grimmer masculine nominative singular
- GRIMM (Eigenschreibweise) alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to grimm
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grimm in German?
grimm appears 8.3 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).