Grundwort
[ˈɡʁʊntˌvɔʁt]
The verdict
“Grundwort” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wort, das nur aus einem Morphem besteht; einfaches Wort, nicht zusammengesetztes Wort
Corpus desk
Index DE-grundwort · Grundwort · German
Grundwort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Grundwort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁʊntˌvɔʁt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Grundwort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Grundwort is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁʊntˌvɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Grundwort in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Grundwort, spelled G-R-U-N-D-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Wort, das nur aus einem Morphem besteht; einfaches Wort, nicht zusammengesetztes Wort
- 2der Teil einer Zusammensetzung (eines Determinativkompositums), der durch das Bestimmungswort eine spezielle Bedeutung erhält
- 3Synonym zu Grundbegriff
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Grundwort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wörter wie „Haus“, „gut“, „schön“ oder „Tisch“ sind Grundwörter.
„Läßt sich das Wort als Ableitung zu einem Grundwort (…) erklären, wird der semantische Bildungstyp und die Grundlage genannt (…)“
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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.