Grufti
German, noun/ˈɡʁʊfti/
Grufti is spelled G-R-U-F-T-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 241,486th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grufti is a German masculine noun meaning “coffin dodger, old fart (old person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “alter Mensch”.
What does Grufti mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialderogatorymasculinecoffin dodger, old fart (old person)
- 2
masculinegoth (member of the goth subculture)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. alter Mensch 2. alteingesessener, altmodischer Mensch 3. Mitglied der Schwarzen Szene, Anhänger der Gothic-Kultur seit den 1980er Jahren
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Grufti
- Gruftis genitive
- Gruftie alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Grufti?
- /ˈɡʁʊfti/
- [ˈɡʁʊfti]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Grufti
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Grufti in German?
Grufti appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).