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Gros

German, noun/ɡʁos/

Gros is spelled G-R-O-S (4 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written German, the 16,674th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gros is a German neuter noun meaning “a gross, 144” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zwölf Dutzend (144 Stück)”.

What does Gros mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neutera gross, 144

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. zwölf Dutzend (144 Stück)

noun: 1. der große Teil einer Anzahl

noun: 1. mittelalterliche Silbermünze in Frankreich

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 Gros

  • Grosse plural
  • Grossen dative definite plural
  • Groß alternative
  • Gross alternative
  • Gr. abbreviation
  • Grosses genitive singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Gros?

  • /ɡʁos/
  • /ɡʁɔs/
  • [ɡʁɔs]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Gros

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Gros in German?

Gros appears 3.3 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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