Grips
German, noun/ɡʁɪps/
Grips is spelled G-R-I-P-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,091st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grips is a German masculine noun meaning “wit; intellect; understanding; nous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kognitive Leistungsfähigkeit”.
What does Grips mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinewit; intellect; understanding; nous
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kognitive Leistungsfähigkeit 2. Menge der Gehirnmasse
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 Grips
- Gripses genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Grips?
- /ɡʁɪps/
- [ɡʁɪps]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Grips
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Grips in German?
Grips 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).