gruseln
[ˈɡʁuːzl̩n]
The verdict
“gruseln” is uncommon German (frequency #59,716 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,716
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Mischung aus Furcht, Erschrecken und Abscheu empfinden
Corpus desk
Index DE-gruseln · gruseln · German
gruseln · rank #59,716 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,716
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gruseliger
Nearest frequency peer: gruseliger (-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 „gruseln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- grunzen
grunzen
40,288 corpus weight
- Gruppensex
Gruppensex
40,287 corpus weight
- gruseliger
gruseliger
40,286 corpus weight
- gruseln
gruseln
40,285 corpus weight
- gröbsten
gröbsten
40,284 corpus weight
- Hauptperson…
Hauptpersonen
40,282 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „gruseln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gruseln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁuːzl̩n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gruseln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gruseln is uncommon German at frequency #59,716 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡʁuːzl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gruseln, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is gruseln, spelled G-R-U-S-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1eine Mischung aus Furcht, Erschrecken und Abscheu empfinden
- 2eine Mischung aus Furcht, Erschrecken und Abscheu empfinden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gruseln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es gruselt sie in diesem Hotel, in dem sie tagsüber keine Menschenseele gesehen hat.“
Schon der Gedanke an den Typen lässt mich gruseln.
This word in other languages
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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