grollen

[ˈɡʁɔlən]

/[ˈɡʁɔlən]/ verb

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The verdict

“grollen” is uncommon German (frequency #67,283 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,283
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Groll hegen, jemandem gegenüber über etwas (längst Vergangenes) Zorn empfinden

Corpus desk

Index DE-grollen · grollen · German

grollen · rank #67,283 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,283
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Granat

Nearest frequency peer: Granat (-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 „grollen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grollen
PropertyValue
Headwordgrollen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈɡʁɔlən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#67,283
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „grollen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).grollenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Granat“ (#67,282), „Grabhügel“ (#67,281), „grottenschlecht“ (#67,285). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „grollen“ bei #67,283. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grollen is uncommon German at frequency #67,283 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡʁɔlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for grollen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is grollen, spelled G-R-O-L-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Groll hegen, jemandem gegenüber über etwas (längst Vergangenes) Zorn empfinden
  2. 2
    gedämpft poltern oder donnern, dröhnen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how grollen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der junge Kaiser verabscheute seinen Platz im Leben und grollte immer noch mit dem Schicksal deswegen.
  2. „Auch Stalin grollte im Kreml.“

Synonyms

ärgernsauerWutempfindenergrimmengramhadernzürnenerbosenentrüstenverstimmtwütenddonnerndröhnengewitternpolternkrachenrumorenrumsenwetternrumpeln

Antonyms

versöhnenvergebenverzeihen

This word in other languages

resent(English)

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 "grollen"?
"grollen" is spelled G-R-O-L-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁɔlən].
What does "grollen" mean?
As a verb, "grollen" means: Groll hegen, jemandem gegenüber über etwas (längst Vergangenes) Zorn empfinden
How do you pronounce "grollen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grollen" is [ˈɡʁɔlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grollen" come from?
"grollen" 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 "grollen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

guardia#67,291geziert#67,273Gürtels#67,294gestylt#67,267

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list