Grünstrom
[ˈɡʁyːnˌʃtʁoːm]
The verdict
“Grünstrom” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - elektrische Energie, die aus erneuerbaren Energiequellen gewonnen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-grunstrom · Grünstrom · German
Grünstrom · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Grünstrom |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁyːnˌʃtʁoːm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Grünstrom“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Grünstrom is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁyːnˌʃtʁoːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "elektrische Energie, die aus erneuerbaren Energiequellen gewonnen wird".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Grünstrom, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Grünstrom, spelled G-R-Ü-N-S-T-R-O-M.
Definition
- 1elektrische Energie, die aus erneuerbaren Energiequellen gewonnen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Grünstrom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In Zukunft kann der überschüssige Grünstrom dazu verwendet werden, Wasserstoff zu produzieren.“
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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.