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 May 6, 2026) - Tee, dessen Blätter nicht oxidiert sind
| 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) |
Where “grüner Tee” sits in German frequency
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
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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.
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Using “grüner Tee”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-R-Ü-N-E-R- -T-E-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌɡʁyːnɐ ˈteː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.