Grossvater
German, noun
Grossvater is spelled G-R-O-S-S-V-A-T-E-R (10 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 6,162nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grossvater is a German masculine noun meaning “Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Großvater” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Grossväter is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Grossvater”.
What does Grossvater mean in English?
noun
- 1
SwitzerlandmasculineSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Großvater
noun
- 1
masculinenominative/accusative/genitive plural of Grossvater
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Grossvater
- Grossvaters genitive
- Grossväter plural
- Grossvätern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Grossvater
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Grossvater in German?
Grossvater appears 12 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).