grinsen
German, verb
grinsen is spelled G-R-I-N-S-E-N (7 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written German, the 10,826th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grinsen is a German verb meaning “to grin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Grinsen is a different word: “gerund of grinsen; grin”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit breitem Mund lächeln”.
What does grinsen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to grin
noun
- 1
neutergerund of grinsen; grin
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit breitem Mund lächeln 2. gleichbedeutend mit lächeln, ohne ironischen/sarkastischen Nebensinn
noun: 1. breites Lächeln
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 grinsen
- grinst present singular third-person
- grinste past
- gegrinst participle past
- haben auxiliary
- grinsend participle present
- grinse first-person indicative present
- grinsest second-person singular subjunctive
- grinset plural second-person subjunctive
- grinsten first-person indicative plural
- grinstest indicative preterite second-person
- grinstet indicative plural preterite
- grins imperative second-person singular
- habe gegrinst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gegrinst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- grinse! imperative singular
- grinst! imperative plural
- gegrinst haben active infinitive perfect
- zu grinsen active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to grinsen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grinsen in German?
grinsen appears 5.9 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).