grüß Gott
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The verdict
“grüß Gott” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur Begrüßung – gelegentlich auch bei der Verabschiedung – verwendete Wortverbindung
Corpus desk
Index DE-gru-gott · grüß Gott · German
grüß Gott · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | grüß Gott |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „grüß Gott“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
grüß Gott is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zur Begrüßung – gelegentlich auch bei der Verabschiedung – verwendete Wortverbindung".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for grüß Gott, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 grüß Gott, spelled G-R-Ü-S-S- -G-O-T-T.
Definition
- 1zur Begrüßung – gelegentlich auch bei der Verabschiedung – verwendete Wortverbindung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how grüß Gott appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Grüß Gott, Frau Schmidt!
This word in other languages
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