Großmutter
\ˈɡʀoːs.mʊ.tɐ\
The verdict
“Großmutter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand-mère, mère de la mère ou du père.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gro-mutter · Großmutter · French
Großmutter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Großmutter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɡʀoːs.mʊ.tɐ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Großmutter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɡʀoːs.mʊ.tɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Großmutter in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Großmutter, spelled G-R-O-S-S-M-U-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Grand-mère, mère de la mère ou du père.
- 2Femme âgée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Großmutter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Sommer bin ich immer in den Ferien zu meiner Großmutter Bertha gefahren.
Ihre Großmutter habe immer gesagt, je härter du für eine Firma arbeitest, desto eher wird dich der Chef belohnen. Aber das gelte heute nicht mehr. Der Chef sage stattdessen: „Wie dumm bist du, dass du hart arbeitest, ich werde dich weiter ausnutzen.“
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.