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 September 3, 2026) - Worte oder Gebärden als Höflichkeitsgeste beim Zusammentreffen entbieten
Corpus desk
Index DE-gru-en · grüßen · German
grüßen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grüßen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁyːsn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „grüßen“ im Deutschen
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grüßen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich grüße alle Gäste im Saal.
Die neue Mieterin grüßt immer so freundlich.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.