gruseligen

[ˈɡʁuːzəlɪɡn̩]

/[ˈɡʁuːzəlɪɡn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“gruseligen” is uncommon German (frequency #52,136 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,136
frequency rank, German
54,401
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig

Corpus desk

Index DE-gruseligen · gruseligen · German

gruseligen · rank #52,136 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,136
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 54,401
  • PHOTO-FINISH Grundlinie

Nearest frequency peer: Grundlinie (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “gruseligen”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “gruseligen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for gruseligen
PropertyValue
Headwordgruseligen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɡʁuːzəlɪɡn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#52,136
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “gruseligen” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). gruseligen lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gruseligen is uncommon German at frequency #52,136 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡʁuːzəlɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 24 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for gruseligen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gruseligen, spelled G-R-U-S-E-L-I-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  7. 7
    Genitiv Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  8. 8
    Dativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  11. 11
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  12. 12
    Genitiv Plural Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  13. 13
    Dativ Plural Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  14. 14
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  15. 15
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  16. 16
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  17. 17
    Genitiv Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  18. 18
    Dativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  19. 19
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  20. 20
    Dativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  21. 21
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  22. 22
    Genitiv Plural Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  23. 23
    Dativ Plural Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
  24. 24
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gruseligen"?
"gruseligen" is spelled G-R-U-S-E-L-I-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁuːzəlɪɡn̩].
What does "gruseligen" mean?
As an adjective, "gruseligen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gruselig
How do you pronounce "gruseligen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gruseligen" is [ˈɡʁuːzəlɪɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gruseligen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Grundlinie#52,135grauenvoll#52,129glutenfrei#52,125Giftstoffe#52,124
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list