grünstichig
[ˈɡʁyːnˌʃtɪçɪç]
The verdict
“grünstichig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Grünstich habend, einen Grünstich aufweisend, in einem Grünstich erscheinend
Corpus desk
Index DE-grunstichig · grünstichig · German
grünstichig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | grünstichig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁyːnˌʃtɪçɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „grünstichig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
grünstichig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡʁyːnˌʃtɪçɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen Grünstich habend, einen Grünstich aufweisend, in einem Grünstich erscheinend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for grünstichig, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is grünstichig, spelled G-R-Ü-N-S-T-I-C-H-I-G.
Definition
- 1einen Grünstich habend, einen Grünstich aufweisend, in einem Grünstich erscheinend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how grünstichig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Onkel Walthers tolle Fotos aus den 1970er Jahren sind alle grünstichig.
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