grundieren
[ɡʁʊnˈdiːʁən]
The verdict
“grundieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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 den ersten Anstrich geben, etwas mit einer Schicht Farbe oder Lack als Untergrund versehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-grundieren · grundieren · German
grundieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | grundieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡʁʊnˈdiːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „grundieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
grundieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡʁʊnˈdiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas den ersten Anstrich geben, etwas mit einer Schicht Farbe oder Lack als Untergrund versehen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for grundieren, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is grundieren, spelled G-R-U-N-D-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas den ersten Anstrich geben, etwas mit einer Schicht Farbe oder Lack als Untergrund versehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grundieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Blaim, Litwin und Mulzer werden in den nächsten Wochen also noch fleißig weiter schleifen, grundieren und malen.“
„Bei einem Gemälde heißt das: Leinwandkörnung festlegen, die Leinwand auf die Keilleisten spannen, grundieren.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.