grün
\ɡryːn\
The verdict
“grün” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vert (adjectif de couleur).
Corpus desk
Index FR-grun · grün · French
grün · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | grün |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡryːn\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grün is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡryːn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for grün, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is grün, spelled G-R-Ü-N.
Definition
- 1Vert (adjectif de couleur).
- 2Vivant, plein de sève ou non mûri pour un fruit.
- 3Inexpérimenté.
- 4Vert, écologique.
- 5Vert, d’un parti politique écologiste.
- 6crue, en parlant de la viande.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grün appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er mischte grüne und rote Farbe.
Herr Jean Jacques Hoffstede, der Poet der Stadt, der sicherlich auch für den heutigen Tag ein paar Reime in der Tasche hatte, war nicht viel jünger als Johann Buddenbrook, der Ältere, und abgesehen von der grünen Farbe seines Leibrockes, in demselben Geschmack gekleidet.
Synonyms
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.