Grossonkel
German, noun
Grossonkel is spelled G-R-O-S-S-O-N-K-E-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,749th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grossonkel is a German masculine noun meaning “Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Großonkel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Grossonkel mean in English?
noun
- 1
SwitzerlandmasculineSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Großonkel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Grossonkel
- Grossonkels genitive
- Grossonkeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Grossonkel in German?
Grossonkel appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).