gross
German, adjective
gross is spelled G-R-O-S-S (5 letters) and appears 162 times per million words in written German, the 537th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gross is a German adjective meaning “Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of groß” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Gross is a different word: “alternative spelling of Gros”.
What does gross mean in English?
adjective
- 1
SwitzerlandSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of groß
noun
- 1
neuteralternative spelling of Gros
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of gross
- grosser masculine nominative singular
- grösser comparative
- am grössten superlative
- grosse feminine nominative singular
- grosses neuter nominative singular
- grossen genitive masculine singular
- grossem dative masculine singular
- der grosse definite includes-article masculine
- die grosse definite feminine includes-article
- das grosse definite includes-article neuter
- die grossen definite includes-article nominative
- des grossen definite genitive includes-article
- der grossen definite feminine genitive
- dem grossen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is gross in German?
gross appears 162 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).