how to pronounce groß

/ɡʁoːs/

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the above transcription of groß is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

groß is pronounced in one syllable

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1.

oː

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An example use of groß in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… also muss die hoch so groß wie es geht …”

meanings of groß

adjective:

Great, grand.
Big, large, large-scale.
Tall.

noun:

Alternative spelling of Gros.

name:

A surname.

groß frequency in german - A1 level of CEFR

the word groß occurs in german on average 143.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.