grins
[ɡʁɪns]
The verdict
“grins” is uncommon German (frequency #57,053 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,053
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grinsen
Corpus desk
Index DE-grins · grins · German
grins · rank #57,053 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,053
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Grenzregion
Nearest frequency peer: Grenzregion (-3 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „grins“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- grauenhafte
grauenhafte
42,954 corpus weight
- greifst
greifst
42,953 corpus weight
- Grenzregion
Grenzregion
42,951 corpus weight
- grins
grins
42,948 corpus weight
- Grundes
Grundes
42,945 corpus weight
- Grundfragen
Grundfragen
42,944 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „grins“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grins |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡʁɪns] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,053 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „grins“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
grins is uncommon German at frequency #57,053 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡʁɪns]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grinsen".
No misspelling variants are generated for grins in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is grins, spelled G-R-I-N-S.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grinsen
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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