grunge

[ɡʁœnʒ]

/[ɡʁœnʒ]/ adj

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The verdict

“grunge” is uncommon German (frequency #55,381 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,381
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grunge-

Corpus desk

Index DE-grunge · grunge · German

grunge · rank #55,381 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,381
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Grundstruktur

Nearest frequency peer: Grundstruktur (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „grunge“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „grunge“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grunge
PropertyValue
Headwordgrunge
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡʁœnʒ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,381
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „grunge“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).grungefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Grundstruktur“ (#55,380), „guilty“ (#55,382), „gymnasialen“ (#55,384). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „grunge“ bei #55,381. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grunge is uncommon German at frequency #55,381 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡʁœnʒ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

grunge doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 grunge, spelled G-R-U-N-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grunge-
  2. 2
    Grunge-

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grunge"?
"grunge" is spelled G-R-U-N-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡʁœnʒ].
What does "grunge" mean?
As an adjective, "grunge" means: Grunge-
How do you pronounce "grunge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grunge" is [ɡʁœnʒ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grunge", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

guilty#55,382genuin#55,353Holler#55,417Gatter#55,343

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list