Grobian
German, noun/ˈɡroː.bi̯aːn/
Grobian is spelled G-R-O-B-I-A-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 172,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grobian is a German masculine noun meaning “boor, brute, ruffian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mensch, der sich anderen gegenüber ungewohnt grob, rücksichtslos, ruppig verhält”.
What does Grobian mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineboor, brute, ruffian
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mensch, der sich anderen gegenüber ungewohnt grob, rücksichtslos, ruppig verhält
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 Grobian
- Grobians genitive
- Grobianes genitive rare
- Grobiane plural
- Grobianen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Grobian?
- /ˈɡroː.bi̯aːn/
- [ˈɡʁoː.biˌaːn]
- [ˈɡʁoːˌbjaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Grobian
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Grobian in German?
Grobian appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).