Grundprinzip
[ˈɡʁʊntpʁɪnˌt͡siːp]
The verdict
“Grundprinzip” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #33,094 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #33,094
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prinzip, das die Grundlage/Basis für etwas bildet
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grundprinzip |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁʊntpʁɪnˌt͡siːp] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #33,094 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Grundprinzip” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Grundprinzip is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡʁʊntpʁɪnˌt͡siːp]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,094 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prinzip, das die Grundlage/Basis für etwas bildet".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Grundprinzip, with forms such as "ggrundprinzip", "grnudprinzip", and "grrundprinzip". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Grundprinzip, spelled G-R-U-N-D-P-R-I-N-Z-I-P.
Definition
- 1Prinzip, das die Grundlage/Basis für etwas bildet
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ggrundprinzip,grnudprinzip,grrundprinzip,grudnprinzip,grunddprinzip,grundpirnzip,grundpprinzip,grundprinizp,grundprinnzip,grundprinzipp,grundprinzpi,grundprinzzip,grundpriznip,grundprnizip,grundprrinzip,grundrpinzip,grunndprinzip,grunpdrinzip,gurndprinzip,rgundprinzip
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Grundprinzip - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Grundprinzip”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-R-U-N-D-P-R-I-N-Z-I-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡʁʊntpʁɪnˌt͡siːp] (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
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.