großziehen
[ˈɡʁoːsˌt͡siːən]
The verdict
“großziehen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (ein Kind oder ein junges Tier) umsorgen und ernähren, bis es selbständig und erwachsen ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-gro-ziehen · großziehen · German
großziehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | großziehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁoːsˌt͡siːən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „großziehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
großziehen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡʁoːsˌt͡siːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how großziehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er zog die Igel, die er im Walde fand, über den Winter groß, bis sie schließlich ausgewildert wurden.
Kleinkinder großzuziehen erfordert oftmals Geduld.
Synonyms
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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.