Großmama
[ˈɡʁoːsmaˌmaː]
The verdict
“Großmama” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mutter des Vaters oder der Mutter, weiblicher Teil der Großeltern
Corpus desk
Index DE-gro-mama · Großmama · German
Großmama · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Großmama |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁoːsmaˌmaː] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Großmama“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Großmama is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁoːsmaˌmaː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mutter des Vaters oder der Mutter, weiblicher Teil der Großeltern".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Großmama, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Großmama, spelled G-R-O-S-S-M-A-M-A.
Definition
- 1Mutter des Vaters oder der Mutter, weiblicher Teil der Großeltern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Großmama appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So kam die Abenddämmerung herauf, die Großmama reichte Schnittchen mit Lachsschinken, Leberwurst und Essiggurke.“
„Warum deine Großmama das getan hat? Damit sie es hierher zu dir schafft! Sonst hättest du womöglich gar keine Großmama mehr.“
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.