Grundfrage
[ˈɡʁʊntˌfʁaːɡə]
The verdict
“Grundfrage” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, das für nachrangige Fragen/Probleme grundlegend ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-grundfrage · Grundfrage · German
Grundfrage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Grundfrage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁʊntˌfʁaːɡə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Grundfrage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Grundfrage is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁʊntˌfʁaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas, das für nachrangige Fragen/Probleme grundlegend ist".
Grundfrage has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Grundfrage, spelled G-R-U-N-D-F-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1etwas, das für nachrangige Fragen/Probleme grundlegend ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Grundfrage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mathematik hat es schon in vorgriechischer Zeit gegeben; ebenso wurde auch die religiöse Grundfrage nach Schöpfung und Schöpfer nicht erst in der klassischen Antike gestellt.“
„Gleichzeitig beantragte sie, das Verfahren vorläufig »auf diese Grundfrage des Bestehens der Ehe« einzuschränken.“
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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.