gröbste

[ˈɡʁøːpstə]

/[ˈɡʁøːpstə]/ adj

The verdict

“gröbste” is uncommon German (frequency #84,053 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,053
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs grob

Corpus desk

Index DE-grobste · gröbste · German

gröbste · rank #84,053 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,053
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH grünlichen

Nearest frequency peer: grünlichen (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „gröbste“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „gröbste“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gröbste
PropertyValue
Headwordgröbste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɡʁøːpstə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#84,053
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gröbste“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.gröbstefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „grünlichen“ (#84,054), „Grüns“ (#84,055), „GSA“ (#84,056). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gröbste“ bei #84,053. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gröbste is uncommon German at frequency #84,053 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡʁøːpstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gröbste, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 gröbste, spelled G-R-Ö-B-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs grob
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs grob
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs grob
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs grob
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs grob
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs grob
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs grob
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs grob
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs grob

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gröbste"?
"gröbste" is spelled G-R-Ö-B-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁøːpstə].
What does "gröbste" mean?
As an adjective, "gröbste" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs grob
How do you pronounce "gröbste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gröbste" is [ˈɡʁøːpstə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gröbste" come from?
"gröbste" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gröbste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list