Grundlinie
[ˈɡʁʊntˌliːni̯ə]
The verdict
“Grundlinie” is an uncommon German word, ranked #52,135 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,135
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Linie eines Spielfelds (meist von Ballsportarten, beispielsweise Tennis, Volleyball, Feldhockey, Fußball), die dieses am Anfang und Ende begrenzt; ist der Ball hinter der Grundlinie, so ist er im Aus
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grundlinie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁʊntˌliːni̯ə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #52,135 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Grundlinie” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Grundlinie is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡʁʊntˌliːni̯ə]. Corpus data places it at rank #52,135 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for Grundlinie in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Grundlinie, spelled G-R-U-N-D-L-I-N-I-E.
Definition
- 1Linie eines Spielfelds (meist von Ballsportarten, beispielsweise Tennis, Volleyball, Feldhockey, Fußball), die dieses am Anfang und Ende begrenzt; ist der Ball hinter der Grundlinie, so ist er im Aus
- 2Linie, an der die Buchstaben einer Zeile ausgerichtet werden
- 3unterste Linie eines Drei- oder Vierecks
- 4generelle Richtlinien, Kernpunkte
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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Using “Grundlinie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-R-U-N-D-L-I-N-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡʁʊntˌliːni̯ə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.