großziehen
[ˈɡʁoːsˌt͡siːən]
The verdict
“großziehen” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (ein Kind oder ein junges Tier) umsorgen und ernähren, bis es selbständig und erwachsen ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | großziehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁoːsˌt͡siːən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “großziehen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for großziehen is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡʁoːsˌt͡siːən]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(ein Kind oder ein junges Tier) umsorgen und ernähren, bis es selbständig und erwachsen ist".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for großziehen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is großziehen, spelled G-R-O-S-S-Z-I-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1(ein Kind oder ein junges Tier) umsorgen und ernähren, bis es selbständig und erwachsen ist
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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.
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Using “großziehen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-R-O-S-S-Z-I-E-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡʁoːsˌt͡siːən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.