grüezi
[ˈɡryə̯t͡sɪ]
The verdict
“grüezi” is uncommon German (frequency #82,845 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,845
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Begrüßung tagsüber („guten Tag“), heute hauptsächlich Personen gegenüber, mit denen man nicht per du (sondern per Ihr oder per Sie) ist, veraltend auch gegenüber Personen, die man duzt
Corpus desk
Index DE-gruezi · grüezi · German
grüezi · rank #82,845 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,845
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gätjen
Nearest frequency peer: Gätjen (+3 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „grüezi“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- groves
groves
17,162 corpus weight
- Grundschuld
Grundschuld
17,161 corpus weight
- Grundstoff
Grundstoff
17,160 corpus weight
- grüezi
grüezi
17,156 corpus weight
- Gätjen
Gätjen
17,153 corpus weight
- gütigen
gütigen
17,151 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „grüezi“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grüezi |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈɡryə̯t͡sɪ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „grüezi“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
grüezi is uncommon German at frequency #82,845 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [ˈɡryə̯t͡sɪ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Begrüßung tagsüber („guten Tag“), heute hauptsächlich Personen gegenüber, mit denen man nicht per du (sondern per Ihr oder per Sie) ist, veraltend auch gegenüber Personen, die man duzt".
Zero misspellings are on record for grüezi in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is grüezi, spelled G-R-Ü-E-Z-I.
Definition
- 1eine Begrüßung tagsüber („guten Tag“), heute hauptsächlich Personen gegenüber, mit denen man nicht per du (sondern per Ihr oder per Sie) ist, veraltend auch gegenüber Personen, die man duzt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how grüezi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Grüezi mitenand, ,grüß Gott allesamt‘.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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