Grundierung
[ɡʁʊnˈdiːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Grundierung” is uncommon German (frequency #73,564 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,564
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - erste Farb- oder Lackschicht vor dem weiteren Anstrich
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grundierung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡʁʊnˈdiːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #73,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Grundierung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Grundierung is uncommon German at frequency #73,564 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡʁʊnˈdiːʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Grundierung, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Grundierung, spelled G-R-U-N-D-I-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1erste Farb- oder Lackschicht vor dem weiteren Anstrich
- 2das Aufbringen einer Farb- oder Lackschicht; das Grundieren
- 3erste Schicht des Make-ups beim Schminken
Synonyms
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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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Using “Grundierung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-R-U-N-D-I-E-R-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡʁʊnˈdiːʁʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.