Gründonnerstag

[ɡʁyːnˈdɔnɐstaːk]

/[ɡʁyːnˈdɔnɐstaːk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gründonnerstag” is uncommon German (frequency #67,290 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,290
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Donnerstag in der Karwoche

Corpus desk

Index DE-grundonnerstag · Gründonnerstag · German

Gründonnerstag · rank #67,290 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,290
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH guardia

Nearest frequency peer: guardia (+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 „Gründonnerstag“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gründonnerstag“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gründonnerstag
PropertyValue
HeadwordGründonnerstag
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡʁyːnˈdɔnɐstaːk]
Letters14
Frequency rank#67,290
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gründonnerstag“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Gründonnerstagfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „guardia“ (#67,291), „grässlichen“ (#67,288), „gusseisernen“ (#67,292). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gründonnerstag“ bei #67,290. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gründonnerstag is uncommon German at frequency #67,290 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡʁyːnˈdɔnɐstaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Donnerstag in der Karwoche".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Gründonnerstag in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Gründonnerstag, spelled G-R-Ü-N-D-O-N-N-E-R-S-T-A-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Donnerstag in der Karwoche

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Gründonnerstag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Gründonnerstag ist in Deutschland kein Feiertag.
  2. „In der Dämmerung des Gründonnerstags hörte man unten an der Böschung ein Möwenküken schreien, und Tóvó wusste sofort, dass es sein Neffe war.“

Synonyms

hoher Donnerstagheiliger Donnerstagweißer DonnerstagPalmdonnerstag

This word in other languages

Maundy Thursday(English)Jueves Santo(Español)jeudi saint(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gründonnerstag"?
"Gründonnerstag" is spelled G-R-Ü-N-D-O-N-N-E-R-S-T-A-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡʁyːnˈdɔnɐstaːk].
What does "Gründonnerstag" mean?
As a noun, "Gründonnerstag" means: der Donnerstag in der Karwoche
How do you pronounce "Gründonnerstag"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gründonnerstag" is [ɡʁyːnˈdɔnɐstaːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gründonnerstag" come from?
"Gründonnerstag" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gründonnerstag", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list