Grundwortschatz
German, noun/ˈɡʁʊntvɔʁtˌʃat͡s/
Grundwortschatz is spelled G-R-U-N-D-W-O-R-T-S-C-H-A-T-Z (15 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 195,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grundwortschatz is a German masculine noun meaning “core vocabulary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Teil des Wortschatzes, den jeder zuerst erlernen muss, der eine Sprache lernen will”.
What does Grundwortschatz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecore vocabulary
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Teil des Wortschatzes, den jeder zuerst erlernen muss, der eine Sprache lernen will
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Grundwortschatz
- Grundwortschatzes genitive
- Grundwortschätze plural
- Grundwortschatze dative singular
- Grundwortschätzen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Grundwortschatz?
- /ˈɡʁʊntvɔʁtˌʃat͡s/
- [ˈɡʁʊntvɔʁtˌʃat͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Grundwortschatz in German?
Grundwortschatz appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).