großtun
[ˈɡʁoːsˌtuːn]
The verdict
“großtun” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - sich darstellen, als ob man sehr wichtig/klug/reich/mächtig wäre
Corpus desk
Index DE-gro-tun · großtun · German
großtun · 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 | großtun |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁoːsˌtuːn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „großtun“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
großtun is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡʁoːsˌtuːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich darstellen, als ob man sehr wichtig/klug/reich/mächtig wäre".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for großtun, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is großtun, spelled G-R-O-S-S-T-U-N.
Definition
- 1sich darstellen, als ob man sehr wichtig/klug/reich/mächtig wäre
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how großtun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich hab zu Haus einen alten Knecht gehabt, den Womela, und der hat mich immer ermahnt, ich soll nur nicht so großtun.“ (1923)
„Was er in den ersten Monaten seines Universitätsstudiums gelernt hatte, die Methode nämlich, sich damit großzutun, man habe alle Bücher, die man gelesen hat, aufs beste verstanden, ist nun sein Lebensweg geworden.“
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.