mattgrau
German, adjective[ˈmatˌɡʁaʊ̯]
mattgrau is spelled M-A-T-T-G-R-A-U (8 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written German, the 476,489th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mattgrau is a German adjective meaning “dull / matt grey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von einer matten grauen Farbe”.
What does mattgrau mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dull / matt grey
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von einer matten grauen Farbe
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mattgrau
- mattgrauer masculine nominative singular
- mattgraue feminine nominative singular
- mattgraues neuter nominative singular
- mattgrauen genitive masculine singular
- mattgrauem dative masculine singular
- der mattgraue definite includes-article masculine
- die mattgraue definite feminine includes-article
- das mattgraue definite includes-article neuter
- die mattgrauen definite includes-article nominative
- des mattgrauen definite genitive includes-article
- der mattgrauen definite feminine genitive
- dem mattgrauen dative definite includes-article
- den mattgrauen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mattgrau?
- [ˈmatˌɡʁaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mattgrau in German?
mattgrau appears about once in every 60 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).