grindig
[ˈɡʁɪndɪç]
The verdict
“grindig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schmutzig, mit Grind bedeckt
Corpus desk
Index DE-grindig · grindig · German
grindig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grindig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁɪndɪç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „grindig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
grindig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡʁɪndɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schmutzig, mit Grind bedeckt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for grindig, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is grindig, spelled G-R-I-N-D-I-G.
Definition
- 1schmutzig, mit Grind bedeckt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how grindig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Suppe ist grindig!
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.