grüßen
[ˈɡʁyːsn̩]
The verdict
“grüßen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Worte oder Gebärden als Höflichkeitsgeste beim Zusammentreffen entbieten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grüßen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁyːsn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grüßen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
grüßen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡʁyːsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
grüßen has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is grüßen, spelled G-R-Ü-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Worte oder Gebärden als Höflichkeitsgeste beim Zusammentreffen entbieten
- 2Grüße übermitteln oder weitergeben lassen
- 3sich bemerkbar machen, seine Existenz zeigen
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “grüßen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-R-Ü-S-S-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡʁyːsn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.