grüner Tee
[ˌɡʁyːnɐ ˈteː]
The verdict
“grüner Tee” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tee, dessen Blätter nicht oxidiert sind
Corpus desk
Index DE-gruner-tee · grüner Tee · German
grüner Tee · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | grüner Tee |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˌɡʁyːnɐ ˈteː] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „grüner Tee“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
grüner Tee is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˌɡʁyːnɐ ˈteː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tee, dessen Blätter nicht oxidiert sind".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for grüner Tee, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is grüner Tee, spelled G-R-Ü-N-E-R- -T-E-E.
Definition
- 1Tee, dessen Blätter nicht oxidiert sind
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grüner Tee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er goss Jamal eine Tasse grünen Tee ein, häufte großzügig Zucker hinein, goss einen kräftigen Schuss heißer Milch aus einer flachen Pfanne nach und rührte um.“
„Viele Rotarmisten stammten aus Zentralasien. Sie stiegen aus ihren Panzern, klopften sich den Staub von der Uniform und eilten gleich zum nächsten Stand, um eine Tasse ungezuckerten grünen Tee zu trinken - das diätetische Hauptnahrungsmittel in Afghanistan und Zentralasien.“
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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.