grummeln
[ˈɡʁʊml̩n]
The verdict
“grummeln” is uncommon German (frequency #85,327 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,327
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen unzufriedenen Laut von sich geben
Corpus desk
Index DE-grummeln · grummeln · German
grummeln · rank #85,327 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,327
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH growing
Nearest frequency peer: growing (-1 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 „grummeln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Grillfleisch
Grillfleisch
14,678 corpus weight
- grinder
grinder
14,677 corpus weight
- Groitzsch
Groitzsch
14,676 corpus weight
- growing
growing
14,675 corpus weight
- grummeln
grummeln
14,674 corpus weight
- grupp
grupp
14,672 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „grummeln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grummeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁʊml̩n] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #85,327 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „grummeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
grummeln is uncommon German at frequency #85,327 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡʁʊml̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen unzufriedenen Laut von sich geben".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for grummeln, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is grummeln, spelled G-R-U-M-M-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1einen unzufriedenen Laut von sich geben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how grummeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er grummelte, denn sie ignorierte ihn.
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); 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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