grotten-
German, prefix
grotten- is spelled G-R-O-T-T-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 65,066th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grotten- is a German prefix meaning “Intensifies adjectives that denote undesirable qualities” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Grotten is a different word: “plural of Grotte”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr, äußerst”.
What does grotten- mean in English?
prefix
- 1
informalIntensifies adjectives that denote undesirable qualities.
grotten- + schlecht (“bad”) → grottenschlecht (“awful”)
noun
- 1
plural of Grotte
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. sehr, äußerst
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How common is grotten- in German?
grotten- 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).